President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and a number of officials discussed on Monday the executive situation at the Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the first Egyptian nuclear energy facility, a presidential statement said.
The meeting, held at the presidential palace in Cairo, was attended by Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker and the chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority Amgad Al-Wakil, as well as Alexey Likhachev, the director-general of ROSATOM, Gregory Sosnin, deputy director of ROSATOM, and the Russian ambassador to Egypt, Georgy Borisenko.
El-Sisi said Egypt hopes the project will serve as a new addition to the joint Egyptian-Russian achievements throughout history, the statement added.
He also voiced his confidence in what he described as "the well-established" experience that Russia possesses, adding that this "will certainly be reflected in the establishment of the plant in accordance with the highest technical and technological standards and nuclear safety."
Likhachev praised the technical expertise of the Egyptian human cadres and construction companies that take part in the construction of the plant, noting that the project will add much to Egypt's capabilities in electricity production and support the process of sustainable development.
Source: Al-Ahram Online
