Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El Molla has issued a statement congratulating Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for a new term in Egypt’s presidency.

El Molla said “On my own behalf and on behalf of those working in the oil, gas and mineral resources sector, I extend my sincere congratulations to you for the well-deserved trust that the people of Egypt have placed in you through the election ballots, with an intense and unique presence, for your leadership during the upcoming presidential term, to complete the journey of the new republic in building a nation in which dreams, ambitions and progress are realized.”

In the statement, he reiterated the petroluem sector’s keenness to achieve sustainable development and build Egypt’s future under El Sisi’s admirable leadership.