Egypt, Russia discuss next steps for nuclear power plant - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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A correspondent in Egypt

Apr 28, 2022

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (back-R) and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin (back-L). — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (back-R) and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin (back-L) stand behind Egypt's electricity and renewable energy minister, Mohamed Shaker (R), and Alexei Likkhachev, director-general of Russia's Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, as they sign a bilateral agreement in Cairo on Dec. 11, 2017. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (back-R) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin (back-L).

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Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi speaks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the first plenary session as part of the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit at the Sirius Park of Science and Art in Sochi, Russia, October 24, 2019. Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS - RC1AA9297200

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