Egypt to drum up support for UNESCO post at AU meeting
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Egypt to drum up support for UNESCO post at AU meeting


African Press Agency

The Egyptian assistant secretary of state for African affairs, Mona Omar left Cairo on Wednesday to attend the African foreign ministers meeting in Addis Ababa ahead of the African Union summit.

Omar told reporters before leaving that Egypt will mobilize support for Egypt’s candidate for the post of UNESCO director general.

Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni has been nominated by the African Union to contest for the job.

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