The Egyptian Embassy in the Swiss capital Bern announced that it will open a special record for the Egyptian expatriates to write congratulations on the occasion of inaugurating the New Suez Canal.

The register will be opened tomorrow in the headquarters of the embassy, according to a statement issued by the embassy that was distributed on Egyptian expatriates here on Wednesday.

The Egyptian Television will broadcast the inauguration ceremony which will begin at 1:00 pm, the embassy noted, adding that a documentary film about the canal will be shown to be followed by the speech of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.