Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has left Cairo for Kigali, Rwanda where he will participate in the 27th session of the African Union Summit July 17-18, local reports said Tuesday. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said in a statement "An African foreign ministers meeting will take place in the Rwandan capital from Wednesday to Friday." "The AU Summit will declare 2016 an African Year of Human Rights،" Abu Zeid added. The topic of the summit had been recommended by the African commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights، the spokesman added.