El Sisi ratifies Egypt-Cyprus pipeline agreement

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ratified an agreement between Egypt and Cyprus to build a natural gas pipeline, the local press reported. The pipeline will allow natural gas from the Aphrodite gas field to be transported to Egypt’s liquefaction facilities at Idku and Damietta, and re-exported as liquefied natural gas. Parliament had signed off in March on the agreement, which was signed in September.