Sisi Urges Gov't to Lead Community Dialogue with Sinai's Bedouins

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday called for leading a community dialogue with the Bedouins in Sinai to help in preparing the best construction plans for the new settlements in order to meet their real needs such as transport, energy, and irrigation networks.

President Sisi's call came during his meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli, Presidential Aide for National and Strategic Projects Sherif Ismail, International Cooperation Minister Rania Al-Mashat and the governors of North and South Sinai to follow up the latest progress of a national project to establish better Bedouin communities in the peninsula, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said.

Sisi stressed the importance of intensifying direct communication with citizens in the targeted areas.

"The project must support the people of Sinai in all areas of development as part of the state's comprehensive development strategy for the peninsula," Sisi pointed out.

The president was briefed on the implementation status of the road development projects in the North Sinai coastal town of El-Arish as well as a comprehensive development plan for the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh.

He instructed the bodies concerned to speed up the progress of the investment projects aimed at making the best use of state-owned land in the resort city to maximize the value and revenues of untapped state assets.

Head of the Armed Forces' Operations Authority Lt. Gen. Osama Askar, Presidential Adviser for Urban Planning Maj. Gen. Amir Sayed Ahmed and Head of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority Ihab El-Far attended the meeting.