Grand Imam congratulates President El-Sisi for the nomination of Egypt as a host of COP27
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmad At-Tayyeb congratulated President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Egypt, for the nomination of Egypt as a host of COP27 on climate change, stressing that this choice reflects the pivotal role that Egypt plays regionally and internationally. This was posted by HE the Grand Imam on his official Facebook and Twitter accounts, in Arabic and English. The post read as follows, “Nominating Egypt as a host of COP27 is a reflection of Egypt’s pivotal role regionally and internationally. Congratulations to Mr. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on this deserved achievement. I declare Al-Azhar's readiness to hold preparatory meetings for this important summit at the level of religious leaders, to promote shared responsibility to counter climate change.”