Egypt, France sign financing agreement on metro trains construction

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Egypt, France sign financing agreement on metro trains construction

STORY: Egypt, France sign financing agreement on metro trains construction DATELINE: March 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Egyptian cabinet headquarters 2. various of Egyptian and French sides signing a deal in the presence of Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly (taken by cabinet) 3. various of Metro Line 1 STORYLINE: Egypt and France on Monday signed a financing deal that will allow France to manufacture 55 air-conditioned trains for Cairo's Metro Line 1. The deal, totaling 776.9 million euros, also covers maintenance work for the project for eight years. France's Alstom Co. will implement the project. The agreement was signed by Egypt's Transport Minister Kamel el-Wazir and France's Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire, and witnessed by Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly. Wazir said the deal comes as part of the ministry's plan to improve the quality of services offered to passengers. Metro Line 1, the oldest metro lin

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