They will once again check the implementation of security measures
CAIRO, May 30. / TASS /. A team of Russian experts arrived in Egypt to carry out a control inspection of international airports in the country’s resort cities, the Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation reported on Sunday.
According to the company’s spokesperson, the delegation of 12 experts will be divided into two control groups, one of which will go to Sharm el-Sheikh and the second - to Hurghada. They will once again check the implementation of security measures, the operation of surveillance cameras, the procedures for screening passengers and baggage, ensuring the aircraft’s safety, the procedure for the personnel’s entrance and exit for a runway, ensuring security in hotels and tourist facilities as well as sanitary measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the spokesperson said.
Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant site - FILE
CAIRO – 3 February 2021: Egypt and Russia have agreed on a new schedule to build Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, which was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, TASS reported. The pandemic has slowed down the preparations at the site. The preparations are still ongoing, which largely depends on Egypt as they need to fully complete the technical documentation, the Russian News Agency quoted Russia’s Ambassador to Cairo Georgy Borisenko on Tuesday.
Neither Egypt nor Russia have revealed the new date of laying the foundation stone in the Mediterranean city of el-Dabaa, which formerly was mid-2021.
Russia, Egypt adjusted plans for construction of El-Dabaa NPP due to pandemic
Russia and Egypt signed an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the country s first nuclear power plant in Cairo in November 2015
CAIRO, February 2. /TASS/. Russia and Egypt have agreed on an updated work schedule for the construction of a nuclear power plant in El-Dabaa on the Mediterranean Sea, Russia’s Ambassador to Cairo Georgy Borisenko told Russian reporters on Tuesday. The pandemic has slowed down the preparations at the site. The preparations are still ongoing, which largely depends on Egypt as they need to fully complete the technical documentation, the diplomat explained.