Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli on Friday evening left El Alamein International Airport heading for Tunisia to chair Egypt’s delegation to the Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8) on behalf of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.

The premier is due to deliver a speech in the summit’s first general session on economic issues.

Madbouli is also slated to hold a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit.

Tunisia hosts TICAD8, which is held on Aug 27-28 and attended by a host of African heads of state and government.

Source: State Information Service Egypt