He described Sisi decision to be ‘very important’ and emphasizes Egypt's keenness to support the organization along with supporting women's issues in Islamic countries, which contributes to achieving sustainable development. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi instructed, Monday that Egypt pay the annual contributions allocated for WDO affiliated to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), set to be paid by the least developed countries. As per the presidential directives, Egypt will pay the share of contributions on behalf of 22 countries, Presidential spokesman Bassam Radi explained in a statement. These countries include those who ratified the organization's statute and already joined the Cairo-based WDO as well as those who will join it. These countries are Egypt, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Djibouti, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kuwait, Maldives, Mauritania, Niger, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and UAE.

Source: Egypt Today June 08, 2021 20:04 UTC