Egypt's FM Amr Moussa has hit the nail on the head when he said that once a pact is created a great many other counter pacts will follow as the case was in the 1950s. Let us be optimistic. Let us hope that 1999 is the Year of Rationalized Power. Mahmoud Abu Zeid said that progress in the Tushki project is moving on steadily. Digging and lagging operations in Sheikh Zayed Canal are proceeding 25 per cent faster than scheduled.
Preparations are underway to have the two water pumping plants installed.
The amount of water in Tushki canal totals eight billion cubic meters. The canal receives up to 80 million cubic meters of water a day. A Mexican student delegation representing the Institute of Technology and Higher Education in Mexico will visit Egypt on July 13 for ten days. The 27-strong delegation is set to meet a number of Egyptian businessmen and visit economic projects to familiarize themselves with investment opportunities in Egypt. Minister of Electricity and Energy Maher Abaza yesterday said that Egypt has no need to make use of nuclear energy for producing electricity for at least the next 20 years.