Russian delegation to talk flights as deadline for Daba’a contracts approaches. A delegation of Russian officials headed by Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko is visiting Egypt this spring to resume discussions resuming direct flights between Egypt and Russia, Russian news website Izvestia reports (Russian). The visit coincides with the deadline Egypt has set for completing the contracts for the USD 30 bn Daba’a nuclear power plant with Rosatom. Vladimir Putin aside, Matviyenko will be the highest ranking official to visit Cairo in a decade. Ahram Online also has the story.

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