EGYPT · GREAT POWERS
Key Facts
—The call: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov spoke by telephone on Wednesday 26 August. Both foreign ministries published accounts the same day.
—The reactor: Both praised progress at El-Dabaa, Egypt’s first nuclear plant. The second unit’s reactor vessel was installed on 9 July, seven months after the first.
—The plant: El-Dabaa comprises four Rosatom-built VVER-1200 reactors with a combined capacity of 4,800 megawatts. The construction contracts were signed on 11 December 2017.
