President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called for more extensive social support for Egyptian artists in a meeting in Cairo on Sunday with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and the ministers of social solidarity and finance, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement.

The meeting discussed steps to improve the pensions provided to members of different art unions, said Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady.

El-Sisi reviewed a system to support artists through the National Authority of Social Insurance, directing the government to revise the database of artists in order to include them in insurance and social care programmes.

Additionally, the president was briefed on the government’s efforts to reform legislation to guarantee better social support for Egyptian artists, Rady added.