Nuclear Industry Suppliers Forum organized by ROSATOM and Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Authority (NPPA) held in Cairo on November 25-26, 2018. Sergey Kirpichenko, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Arabic Republic of Egypt attended the event. 
In his welcome speech, Deputy Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy of Egypt Osama Osran pointed out that Russian-Egyptian relationship dates back to 75 years. According to Deputy Minister, the forum is an important event called to boost relationship between two countries in the framework of a flagship project, construction of first NPP in Egypt.
“It is emblematic that the first nuclear industry suppliers forum of such a high level in the region takes place in Egypt where we implement one of the largest projects in the history of nuclear industry. El Dabaa NPP is not just a new chapter in history of Russian-Egyptian relations. Constructing the first NPP makes us face the future of partnership between Russia and Egypt with confidence for at least a century ahead”, first Deputy Director General for Corporate Development and International Business of ROSATOM Kirill Komarov stated.
The participants of the forum were introduced to ROSATOM’s procurement system, its key requirements to the procurement documents, got acquainted with information about procurement procedures on particular segments of equipment and services supply.
More than 400 representatives of Egyptian companies from engineering, machine-building, equipment supplying segments take part in the seminar along with journalists from top Egyptian media. On a second day, a round table on the public acceptance of nuclear industry took place, as well as specialized sessions dedicated to opportunities for local suppliers of different equipment and services and implementation of general construction works.