Irrigation ministers from Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, and Rwanda met on Monday to discuss Egypt’s concerns about the Cooperative Framework Agreement of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), Ahram Online reported.

Military Production Minister Mohamed Al Assar discussed with his Belarusian counterpart establishing joint-venture factories to produce tractors, tires, water pumps, steel, and drilling equipment during his visit to Minsk on Monday, Al Borsa reports. Al Assar also met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to discuss further cooperation, according to Belarus News.