Egypt and Russia agree to build Egypt's first nuclear power plant

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi, shake hands during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt, December 11, 2017. [Photo: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko]

Egypt and Russia signed on Monday an agreement to build Egypt's first nuclear power plant.

The agreement was signed in the presence of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his visiting counterpart Vladimir Putin.

In February 2015, Putin and Sisi signed in Cairo an initial agreement to build a four-reactor nuclear power station in Egypt by 2022.