OPEN// Sisi attends 41st cultural seminar of Armed Forces on Martyr's Day
CAIRO, March 11 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attended on Tuesday the 41st cultural seminar held by the Armed Forces on the Day of Martyr and Veteran Warrior.
Armed Forces and police commanders, top state officials and families of police and Armed Forces martyrs attended the event at Al Manara International Conferences Center.
Documentary films were screened during the seminar.
President Sisi honored a number of families of martyrs and those injured in military operations.
Egypt marks the Martyr's Day on March 9 in commemoration of the martyrdom of the Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Army, Abdel Moneim Riad, during the 1969 war of attrition with Israel. (MORE)
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