Egyptian Delegation to Discuss Tourism, Dabaa NPP During Moscow Visit

The Egyptian parliament's delegation is going to discuss tourism sector, resuming of direct flights to Egypt, and a project of building nuclear power plant (NPP) in Dabaa during their visit to Moscow, head of the parliament's Media and Culture Committee, Osama Heikal, told Sputnik.

CAIRO (Sputnik) — On Saturday, Egyptian Ambassador to Russia Mohamed Badri told Sputnik that the delegation led by speaker of the Arab country's parliament Ali Abdel Aal would visit Moscow on July 12-15.

"Three main issues will be touched upon: the issue of nuclear energy, especially important for both countries, and a joint Russian-Egyptian project of the nuclear power plant in Dabaa, the issue of tourism… as the suspension of flow of Russian tourists seems illogical against the background of good relations [our] two countries have," Heikal said.

The third important issue, according to Heikal, is a possibility of resuming directs flights between Russia and Egypt, which were suspended after the crash of a Russian airliner in in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on October 31, 2015.

Heikal noted that relations between Russia and Egypt were important for both countries, noting that Cairo appreciated the support Russia had provided to the country during turbulent times in its history.