Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Sunday left hear heading for Nouakchott to head the Egyptian delegation to the Arab summit, slatted for Monday. 

Earlier in the day, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi assigned Ismail to head the Egyptian delegation to the summit. 

In a press statement, Cabinet Spokesman Hossam el Qaweesh said that Ismail will hand over the summit’s chairmanship to Mauritania in its capacity as the chairman of the 27th ordinary session of the Arab Summit.

Source: MENA