MEMORIAL BUST OF GAGARIN OPENED IN CAIRO

image 29 September 2020
On September 29, 2020, a solemn opening ceremony of the bust of Yu. A. Gagarin, donated to Egypt by the International Charitable Foundation “Dialogue of Cultures - One World,” took place in Cairo on the territory of the Egyptian Space Agency. This project was implemented with the active participation of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Egypt.

The honorary guests of the ceremony were the Russian Ambassador to Egypt G. E. Borisenko and the head of the Egyptian Space Agency Mohammed el-Kousi.

Participants in the official event expressed their common hope that the bust of the space discoverer installed on Egyptian soil will become another symbol of the friendship between the peoples of Russia and Egypt, which has deep roots and looks to the future.

Egypt became the 46th country to which the Dialogue of Cultures - United World Foundation donated a sculptural bronze portrait of Yuri Gagarin.

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