Sharjah 24 – AFP: Egyptian president Abdelfattah al-Sisi hailed Russian support for Egypt's economic projects as he met President Vladimir Putin at the BRICS summit in Kazan.
In statements aired by Russian news agencies, Sisi praised "the development of bilateral relations" between Egypt and Russia in recent years, in particular Moscow's "effective contribution to (Egypt's) national projects".
Chief among them, Sisi said, is Egypt's first nuclear power plant at El-Dabaa on the Mediterranean coast, built by Russia's state atomic energy corporation Rosatom.
Putin during the meeting called Egypt a "long-term and reliable partner of Russia" and said "Egypt accounts for about a third of all trade turnover between Russia and Africa", according to Russian media.
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