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ASWAN, Egypt, March 16-- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday that young people will play an active role in overcoming the challenges surrounding the Arab and African countries to build the future. Sisi's remarks came during the opening ceremony of the first edition of the Arab African Youth Platform in Aswan governorate in Upper Egypt. "Everyone is aware of the challenges faced by humanity and the uNPRecedented spread of conflicts that have caused devastation and destruction," he said. Refugees have become a common problem and the cries of children and mourners have become part of daily lives, Sisi added. He said that the region is burdened by the current conflicts which are almost engulfing its future and erasing its past, stressing that the Arab region and the African continent "have the largest share of this destruction." "In Egypt, we have put our youths as a priority to provide care and support them for a better future for the continent," Sisi said. The president added that "we have succeeded in creating a common space where we meet and manage our differences in a civilized manner and achieve effective and continuous communication." Sisi also called for a minute of silence for the victims of the attacks in New Zealand in which four Egyptians were killed. "We are against all violence and terrorism," Sisi said. Meanwhile, AU Commission Chairman Moussa Faki said in his speech at the opening ceremony that Arab and African youths face the same challenges such as the danger of migration and terrorism. | 
