ECSAAP 40th anniversary today

The Egyptian Committee for Solidarity with Afro-Asian Peoples (ECSAAP) will celebrate its 40th anniversary today. It was first established in August 1957, by a decree from late president Gamal Abdl Nasser.

The celebration will attended by a number of liberation movement leaders in Africa and Asia, as well as representatives of Arab solidarity committees and heads of Egyptian political parties.

The committee's pioneers will be honored during the celebration, Akhbar Yom weekly said today.