Egypt and Russia signed a final contract for the building of Egypt’s first nuclear power plant, during a visit to Cairo by President Vladimir Putin.
The contract was signed by the head of Russian state nuclear company Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, and Egypt’s electricity and renewable energy minister, Mohamed Shaker.
Egyptian media reports put the cost of the plant at around $30 billion.
The two countries signed two agreements in November 2015 for Russia to finance and build the power plant, with four 1,200 megawatt reactors, in Dabaa.
