"We are actively involving Egyptian businesses in the implementation of our joint project. Today, more than 90 Egyptian companies have become our partners, 285 contracts have been concluded with them ... The volume of orders from Egyptian suppliers today exceeded $1.2 billion," Likhachev said during the ceremony to start the construction of the fourth power unit of El Dabaa.
Earlier on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi launched the construction of the fourth unit of the Dabaa nuclear power plant in Egypt via video conference.
The pouring of the first concrete in the foundation of the building that will house the nuclear reactor marks the beginning of the construction of the entire new unit. After that, the project will be fully implemented - all four units of the nuclear power plant will be built simultaneously.