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Sobhi said in a statement to the channel "On the sport" Egyptian that he continues with the president of the local federation Hani Abu Reda "On the organization of Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations, and we are honored to hold the championship in L & # 39; Egypt".
"He added" We have contacted the president of the Football Federation to study the idea of organizing African nations after the decision of the sister state of Morocco not to progress, and we respect the desire of the brothers in this direction.".
After the African Football Confederation withdrew from Cameroon last month, officials of the Egyptian Football Federation confirmed that they would not welcome or support any Arab country.
Only that Morocco The Minister of Youth and Sports, Rachid Talbi al-Alami, said on Wednesday that he would not run as a host, although news reports would probably be among the best candidates in the tournament.
Talabi said "AFP": "Morocco had no intention of submitting its candidacy for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and would not submit its candidacy."
A few hours later, Egyptian Minister Sobhi confirmed "We are waiting for a response from the President African Union, Ahmed Ahmed, on the organization of the Africa Cup of Nations 2019 after the official announcement by Morocco not to propose hosting the tournament ".
He continued: "Egypt has the capacity to organize the tournament and we are honored to do so: the Egyptian people are always ready to face these problems, we have sports facilities at the highest level and we have already organized several tournaments. "
He added: "If some things have been changed and we have some facilities, we can easily organize this event without problems."
Egypt hosted the most important continental tournament at the team level four times, the last one in 2006.
Morocco, as well as South Africa, would probably be one of the best candidates for hosting after the announcement by the African Football Confederation on November 30 that the tournament would be withdrawn Cameroon due to delays in infrastructure works, stadium and security installations.
The Union has reopened its application to countries wishing to host a delegation, the deadline ending on Friday 14 December.
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Sobhi said in statements to the Egyptian chain "On Sport" that he was pursuing with the local union president Hani Abu Reda "on the organization of Egypt for the Africa Cup Nations, and we are honored to host the tournament in Egypt. "
"We have contacted the president of the Football Association to study the idea of organizing African nations after the decision of the brother country, Morocco, not to progress and we respect the desire of the brothers to this. respect".
After the African Football Confederation withdrew from Cameroon last month, officials of the Egyptian Football Federation confirmed that they would not welcome or support any Arab country.
However, Morocco confirmed on Wednesday that the Minister of Youth and Sports, Rachid Talbi al-Alami, had declared that he would not welcome a teammate, even if press reports were likely to appear in the press. among the best candidates of the tournament.
Talabi told France Presse: "Morocco has no intention of submitting its candidacy for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and will not submit its candidacy".
A few hours later, Egyptian Minister Sobhi said: "We look forward to the response of African Union President Ahmed Ahmed to the organization of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after that Morocco has officially announced that it will not organize the tournament. "
"Egypt has the capacity to organize the tournament and we are honored with it.The Egyptian people are always ready to face this.We have sports facilities at the highest level and we already have organized several tournaments. "
"If some things have been changed and we have facilities, we can easily organize this event without problems."
Egypt hosted the most important continental tournament at the team level four times, the last one in 2006.
Morocco, as well as South Africa, would probably be one of the best candidates for hosting after the announcement by the African Football Confederation on November 30 that the tournament would be withdrawn Cameroon due to delays in infrastructure works, stadium and security installations.
The Union has reopened its application to countries wishing to host a delegation, the deadline ending on Friday 14 December.
