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Cairo, Moscow sign contract for Egypt's first nuclear plant

The contract to build the plant in Dabaa on the Mediterranean coast was signed during a live ceremony attended by the Russian leader and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Vladimir Putin, Sisi
Vladimir Putin, Sisi. Photo: Reuters
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Last Updated : Dec 11 2017 | 9:39 PM IST
Egypt and Russia signed a final contract today for the building of Egypt's first nuclear power plant, during a visit to Cairo by President Vladimir Putin.

The contract to build the plant in Dabaa on the Mediterranean coast was signed during a live ceremony shown on state television and attended by the Russian leader and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

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.

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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.

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First Published: Dec 11 2017 | 9:38 PM IST

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