Transport Minister Kamel el-Wazir held a meeting on Saturday
with Japanese Ambassador to Cairo Masaki Noke to discuss prospects of
cooperation in metro projects.
Minister El-Wazir assured the deep bilateral relations and fruitful cooperation between both countries in various domains, including transport.
The minister asserted the importance of coordination with The National Egyptian Railway Industries Company (NERIC) to rehabilitate trains and prolong their operational period through intensive meetings between The National Authority for Tunnels, NERIC and the Japanese Mitsubishi Corporation.
Both officials further discussed cooperation in maintenance of overhaul of 35 trains in the current fleet of the second line of the metro, which were previously supplied from the Japanese Mitsubishi Corporation, starting in 1996.
Source: Egypt Today
