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Egypt and Saudi Arabia are expected to sign contracts for their USD 1.6 bn electricity interconnection project \u201cin two months\u2019 time,\u201d Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker told reporters yesterday, Youm 7 reports<\/a>. Egypt has completed all the necessary prep work for the project, which should see the two countries exchange up to 3 GW of power. Shaker also said that a similar interconnection project with Sudan<\/a> would be established \u201cwithin four months.\u201d Egypt had made these interconnection projects a mainstay of foreign economic cooperation, with plans for projects underway with Jordan and potential plans with Cyprus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt and Saudi Arabia are expected to sign contracts for their USD 1.6 bn electricity interconnection project \u201cin two months\u2019 time,\u201d Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker told reporters yesterday, Youm 7 reports. Egypt has completed all the necessary prep work for the project, which should see the two countries exchange up to 3 GW of power. 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