Germany’s Dresden Semperopernball Opera House has awarded the Order of St. George to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in recognition of his peace-making efforts in North Africa, and his leadership as a statesman bringing hope to the entire African continent, according to Germany’s DPA News Agency.
A German delegation will hand over the Order of St. George award to Sisi on Sunday in Cairo, according to the Opera House.
The opera house added that the prize will be awarded to a statesman who “carries hope for the entire continent”, praising Sisi’s efforts to build bridges of peace in the North Africa region, which is plagued with difficult crises.
Sisi looks for dialogue between all parties and is considered the anchor of people’s hopes.
The Semperopernball’s manager Hans-Joachim Frye said that the “Order of St. George is engraved with the phrase ‘against the current’, which means that we make very important decisions for future development.”
Frye added that there is a desire to build cultural bridges and create a middle language between regions across culture.
Source: Independent