Madbouly praises the efforts of everyone who contributed to the Grand Egyptian Museum project and the private sector's participation in staging the opening ceremony
Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, affirmed in his speech during the press conference held on the sidelines of the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum that Egypt is today witnessing a unique and exceptional event, the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, a gift to the world from a country whose history dates back 7,000 years. He expressed his pride at being present at this event.
Madbouly noted that the idea of establishing the museum began 30 years ago and went through several stages, starting with technical studies and an international architectural competition. It also faced major challenges that led to the project being halted for several years from 2011 due to the circumstances Egypt was going through. He explained that construction and finishing works began in a real and intensive way 8 years ago, under the directives and attention of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on the need to complete this project in the most complete way and in the best image of Egypt's civilizational face, at a time when the share of the project implemented on the ground was very small.
Madbouly saluted everyone who took part in implementing the Grand Egyptian Museum, and also thanked and saluted the private sector, which contributed to staging the opening ceremony, and whose representatives attended to take part in the event and the press conference, namely: Eng. Hisham Talaat Moustafa, Chairman of Talaat Moustafa Group Holding; Eng. Mohamed Mansour, Chairman of Mansour Group; Eng. Ahmed Ezz, Chairman of Ezz Steel Group; Eng. Hassan Allam, Chairman of Hassan Allam Holding; Mohamed El-Etreby, Chairman of the National Bank of Egypt, representing the coalition of banks taking part in the event; and Eng. Khaled Abbas, Chairman of the Administrative Capital for Urban Development company. He added that this participation represents a model of partnership between the state and the private sector in implementing many national events and projects of the Egyptian state.
