Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi upon his arrival at the presidential palace in the capital Cairo on December 11, 2017. / AFP / POOL / Alexander Zemlianichenko
Cairo: Egypt and Russia signed a final contract on Monday for the building of Egypt's first nuclear power plant, during a visit to Cairo by President Vladimir Putin.
The contract to build the plant in Dabaa on the Mediterranean coast was signed during a ceremony shown on state television and attended by the Russian leader and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.