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DPRK's Greatest Holidays to Be Marked in Egypt

Pyongyang, January 26 (KCNA) -- The Egyptian preparatory committee for commemorating the Day of the Sun and February 16 was inaugurated in Cairo on Jan. 18.

Youssef Amin Wali, vice-chairman of the National Democratic Party of Egypt, was elected chairman of the preparatory committee.

The committee set the period from Jan. 20 to April 16 as a commemoration period and decided to organize colorful events including a meeting, a seminar, a book and a photo exhibition and a film show in the period.