Египет: Руският министър Медведев се срещна с президента на Египет

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitri Medvedev met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during his visit to Egypt for the opening ceremony of the New Suez Canal, Thursday. The two leaders met following the new canal's opening ceremony. Medvedev reportedly expects an agreement for Russia to help Egypt build its first nuclear power plant to be reached within months. The estimated $8.2bn (€7.52bn) new canal includes 72km (44.7miles) of new channels and bypasses, and is expected to be able to take 97 ships a day by 2023, up from the current 49. The transit time for ships to pass through the canal from north to south will reportedly be reduced from 18 to 11 hours. According to Medvedev, Moscow would be willing to establish a Russian industrial zone at the new project site in the future.