UAE Amb. meets Pope Tawadros II to extend Christmas wishes

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Sat, 05 Jan 2019 - 03:09 GMT

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Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria (R) and Jumaa Mubarak Al-Junibi, the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Egypt (L) - Press Photo

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria (R) and Jumaa Mubarak Al-Junibi, the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Egypt (L) - Press Photo

CAIRO – 5 January 2019: Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark met Jumaa Mubarak Al-Junibi, the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, in Cairo.

Priest Poules Halem, the spokesman of the church, said in a statement, “The ambassador’s visit aimed to congratulate the Pope Tawadros II of the Christmas Day.”

Celebrating Christmas, President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi extended his Christmas wishes to Egyptian expatriates via a Facebook post.

“I am happy to send you my best wishes and congratulations on the occasion of the celebration of Christmas and the New Year 2019, wishing you success and happiness, and that the new year will bring our beloved Egypt more security, stability, progress and prosperity,” wrote Sisi in a post on Facebook.

Last Christmas, Sisi attended the Coptic Christmas Mass at the Cathedral of the New Administrative Capital.

He wished the Copts merry Christmas and congratulated them on the inauguration of the Cathedral in the under-construction capital, 45 kilometers east of Cairo.

“The inauguration of the cathedral is a message for the whole world. A message of peace and love…We present a model of peace and love,” he addressed the attendants.

“Evil, havoc, ruins and murder will never defeat good. Nobody can divide us,” he continued, adding that he did want to speak about pains that Egypt suffered from terrorism targeted Egyptians Muslims and Christians.

President Sisi has attended the Coptic Christmas Mass over the past two years.

Additional Reporting: Egypt Today Staff

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