Egypt will debut at Belarus' Slavianski Bazaar and Listapad film festival, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Egypt Sergei Rachkov said in an interview with the Egyptian news agency MENA, BelTA learned from the website of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"In July 2017 singer Leila Ibrahim will represent Egypt at the 26th International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk run under the auspices of the Belarusian president. The Egyptian side also plans to partake in the 24th edition of the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad in November 2017 and present a documentary and a fiction film," the ambassador remarked.

He recalled that Belarus takes part in the Cairo International Film Festival every year. The evenings of Belarusian documentary films organized by the Belarusian embassy in Egypt are quite popular among Egyptian guests and diplomats accredited to Egypt.

Sergei Rachkov pointed out that in general Belarus-Egypt humanitarian cooperation maintains a positive momentum.

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