Sports and Youth Minister Ashraf Sobhi on Wednesday inaugurated via the videoconference the first sports festival for embassies.

The festival is organized by the ministry in cooperation with the sports union for civil servants.

As many as 18 African, Arab and European embassies are participating in the 10-day festival.

The embassies represent the states of Brazil, UAE, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Libya, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Indonesia, Sudan, Bulgaria, Djibouti, Britain, Tajikistan, Palestine, Serbia, Czech, Somalia and North Korea.

Source: State Information Service Egypt