Live stream: New Suez Canal inauguration ceremony.
4:35 #Sisi: In 7,000 yrs, #Egypt has provided values and ethics that were in harmony with religions #SuezCanal
4:36 #Sisi signs decree to operate @NewSuezCanal #Egypt http://ow.ly/QzsU9 (edited)
4: 38 #Sisi: #History will record that #Egypt countered #terrorism, renewed religious discourse #SuezCanal
4:40 #Sisi: #Egypt established @NewSuezCanal under difficult circumstances, will continue to defeat #terrorism #SuezCanal
4: 42 #Sisi: @NewSuezCanal is one of 1,000 steps towards development in #Egypt #SuezCanal
4:43 #Sisi refers to Al-#Azhar’s Imam, #Coptic #Pope sitting next to each other at @NewSuezCanal inauguration
4:44 #Sisi salutes souls of #Egyptians who were killed defending their country, and everyone who worked in @NewSuezCanal
4:45 #Sisi thanks #Military Engineering Authority, #SuezCanal Authority for their role in the project #Egypt
4:50 #Sisi dedicates the @NewSuezCanal project to the souls of #Egyptians killed in their country’s defense #SuezCanal
]4:51 #Sisi: #Egyptians countered #terrorists who wanted to impose backward ideology on them #SuezCanal
4:52 #Sisi: @NewSuezCanal’s msg to the world, we defeat #terrorism with life, love #Egypt #SuezCanal
4:53 #Sisi pledges to develop the area around #SuezCanal, including #Ismailia, #PortSaid, calls on friends to participate
[4:57 PM]5:54 Two containers cross @NewSuezCanal in opposite directions for 1st time during #Sisi’s speech amid applause
[4:57 PM]5:55 #Sisi decrees the operation of @NewSuezCanal amid rapturous applause #Egypt #SuezCanal
4:04 Sisi awaits world leaders at Suez Canal opening in civilian attire, first appearing in ceremonial military uniform.
4:12 Sisi, France’s François Hollande hear Egypt’s national anthem at the new Suez Canal inauguration