Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi laid down on Sunday wreaths at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier in Cairo's Nasr city on the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the October War Victory.

He also laid a wreath at the tomb of late president Anwar el Sadat.

Defense Minister Colonel General Sedki Sobhi and Chief of Staff Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazi welcomed the Egyptian president at the Memorial.