Russia creating new nuclear industry in Egypt

Russia is creating a new industry in Egypt by working on the construction of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant and the creation of a Russian industrial zone, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said.

"The nuclear power plant is a largely hallmark project … 27,000 people work at the site every day, mainly Egyptian citizens," Overchuk said.

According to him, Russia is "facilitating the localization of production in Egypt".

The Russian deputy PM highlighted the importance of the El Dabaa and the Russian Industrial Zone projects in Egypt.

"Egyptian students are being trained in fields that are related to the further operation of the nuclear power plant. We came here and are actually creating a whole new industry in the country, as we always do when we come somewhere with the construction of nuclear power plants," Alexei Overchuk said.

Earlier today, Overchuk said that Egypt proposed expanding the "geography of tourism for Russia," meaning direct flights from Russia, the use of Egyptian airports, where flights from Russia were not serviced before.