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It was a mixed bag on the airwaves last night, with government officials calling in to our nation’s talking heads to make clear that gas supplies to fertilizer companies have been restored and that they’re on track to clear their arrears with international energy companies, alongside coverage of the Azerbaijani premier’s visit to the country.
Gaza was top of the agenda of the meeting between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, said Al Hayah Al Youm’s Mohamed Sherdi, explaining that “for us as Egypt, it [Gaza] is the main issue now that occupies our minds” (watch, runtime: 2:08). World leaders also “want to know the vision of the Egyptian president on this file and the developments related to this file,” Sherdi added. The two also discussed strengthening economic ties and El Sisi commended recent efforts to ease tensions with Armenia. Ala Masouleety (watch, runtime 15:02) also dedicated airtime to the visit.
“Gas supplies to fertilizer factories were restored as of last Thursday,” Oil Ministry spokesperson Hamdi Abdel Aziz said in a phone call with Lamees El Hadidi (watch, runtime 12:26), following news last week that the Oil Ministry had reduced gas supplies to high-energy-consuming fertilizer plants last week by 20-30%. He confirmed that “supplies have returned to their normal levels before the heatwave that hit the country last week.”
Arrear payments to international oil and gas companies are also back on, as the government will pay 25% of its arrears to international oil and gas companies operating in the country this week, Abdel Aziz added. The government already paid 25% of its debts in March, Abdel Aziz explained.
Blackouts could be coming to end by November, with electricity load shedding expected to end by November or at the latest in December, Ahmed Moussa said on Ala Masouleety, citing a high-level official (watch, runtime: 1:13). Amr Adib called on the government on El Hekayah to stop power cuts in Aswan, where temperatures neared 50°C on Thursday (watch, runtime: 13:18).
