Egypt, Russia discuss next steps for nuclear power plant

Despite the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine and sanctions imposed on Moscow, a Russian delegation visited Egypt to inspect the construction work at the Dabaa nuclear plant.
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
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A correspondent in Egypt

CAIRO — In spite of the ongoing war in Ukraine and US and Western sanctions on Moscow, Russia sent a delegation to visit the Dabaa nuclear power plant in Egypt April 17.

The delegation included representatives from the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP) and TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom, led by Alexander Lokshin, first deputy director general for nuclear energetics at Rosatom.

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