Egypt and Russia agree on draft text for security protocol, date of signing yet to be set -Russian transport minister

Russia and Egypt have given a preliminary nod to a draft of the travel security protocol they are meant to sign before direct air travel between Moscow and Cairo is restored, Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said, according to Russian wire service Interfax. No official date for the signing has been set, but a Russian foreign ministry official had told Youm7 last week that the agreement should come in May, which coincides with the expected signing of agreements for the roughly USD 29 bn Daba’a nuclear power plant with Rosatom.