Egypt to re-nominate Aboul-Gheit as Arab League Secretary- General for second term 

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Egyptian Presidential Spokesman, Bassam Rady says Egypt will re-nominate Ahmed Aboul Gheiti as Secretary-General of the Arab League (AL) , for a second term,

In a statement on Saturday,Rady disclosed that President Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi sent messages to Arab leaders to express Egypt’s intention to re-nominate Aboul-Gheit as the AL chief for another five years..

Rady explained that the re-nomination comes within the framework of the great interest that Egypt attaches to the work of the AL, which serves Arab peoples.

Aboul-Gheit who is 78years -old once served as Egypts foreign minister from July 2004-2011.

His first term as secretary- general of the AL will end this June.