El-Khouly: Sisi's Peace Efforts Crowned by Nobel Nomination

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has been nominated to get the Nobel Peace Prize, thanks to his sincere endeavors to spread peace regionally, according to Member of the Egyptian House of Representatives and Secretary-General of the Foreign Relations Committee Tarek El Khouly.

“Sisi directed the foreign and military policies to strengthen peace and stability in Africa and the eastern Mediterranean region,” Khouly said on Friday.

[caption id="attachment_146922" align="aligncenter" width="600"] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi[/caption]

In exclusive statements to Sada El Balad English (SEENews), the MP added that Sisi’s efforts to confront terrorism and extremism led to the spread of peace regionally. 

“Hence, these peace endeavors are crowned by his nomination to the Nobel Peace Prize,” Khouly stressed. 

The Federation of North African Parliaments nominated Wednesday the Egyptian President, South Sudan President Silva Kiir, and President of Sudan Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan for the Nobel Peace Prize following the signing of the Sudanese peace agreement in Juba.

The privately-owned al-Masry al-Youm said a member of the Egyptian Parliament and speaker of the Federation of North African Parliaments, Mostafa Al-Gendi, welcomed the signing of the Sudanese peace agreement in Juba and said that the Egyptian president, Kiir, and al-Burhan deserve Nobel Peace Prize.