Tuesday 25/March/2025 – 09:52 AM
The team, the engineer, the entire minister, the Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development, received the Minister of Industry and Transport, Ambassador Erk Choufaleh, the French ambassador in Cairo, and the meeting was attended by leaders of the Ministries of Transport and Industry, to discuss the timetable to start the construction of the huge industrial stoma in Borg Al -Arab after the equipment came to the site; To equip it during the last period; In preparation for the start of construction and follow the road map for the construction of the sixth line of the subway.
The Minister of Transport discusses with the French ambassador in Cairo the establishment of the Al -Stom Industrial Complex in Burj Al Arab
At the beginning of the meeting, the minister affirmed the depth of Egyptian -French relations in all economic and developmental fields, the most important of which is the development of the rail transport sector, electric traction projects and the subway, noting the keenness on the continuation of close cooperation and the promotion of partnership between Egypt and France, especially in the fields of transportation and industry, which was confirmed by the French ambassador in Cairo, who pointed to the French government’s interest in supporting and enhancing joint cooperation in all fields, including the transport and industry sectors, especially in light of the strong relations that link Between the two friendly countries.
The sixth line of the Greater Cairo Tunnels Metro
The talks touched on the follow -up of the road map on the project of the sixth line of the Greater Cairo Tunnels Metro, which was previously signed by the work plan for agreement on the upcoming steps of the project between Egypt and France, during the last period, as this project comes within the framework of implementing the directives of President Abdel Fattah El -Sisi to expand the establishment of a network of sustainable green mass transportation and the environment friend and completing the subway network to provide the highest levels of service to citizens.
The minister pointed out that the Egyptian Ministry of Transport, after signing the steps related to the project with a number of procedures for allocating the path and reviewing it in parallel with the French side assigned the advisory office EGS / Citic French to provide documents and technical specifications required to implement civil systems and works to the National Tunnels Authority to review them in preparation for the Alstom company to provide its technical, commercial and financial offer, according to these technical specifications To be studied and reviewed by the Egyptian government and approved in preparation for signing the final contract of the project.
Establishing the industrial stoma complex in the city of Burj Al Arab
The Minister also followed with the French ambassador, the latest developments in the establishment of the huge industrial stomach complex in the city of Borg El Arab, where the minister indicated that during the last period he conducted an inspection visit to the site of the huge industrial stomach complex in the city of Borg El Arab in Alexandria, which will be established on an area of 40 acres and the equipment for preparing the site has started in preparation for the start of the construction of the giant industrial complex that will include the first two factories: to produce electrical systems and components of the railway Iron (signs- components- plates and electrical circuits for control- electric braids … etc) and the second to produce all types of moving units (metro- tram-lat-Monoril- fast train … etc.).
The Minister stressed the importance of the huge project that will contribute to meeting the needs of the local market, and start exporting to the countries of the Middle East and Africa in addition to that it will provide thousands of job opportunities, as it comes within the framework of localizing the various industries in Egypt, including the animated units industry in implementation of the directives of President Abdel Fattah Al -Sisi, President of the Republic.
The two sides discussed the latest developments in the ongoing investigations between the National spending Authority and the French Stoming Company regarding the management, operation and maintenance of the project that is being implemented in Egypt for the first time and represents a major civilization shift in mass transportation, which is characterized by rapid, modern and safe means, provides fuel consumption, reduces environmental pollution rates and reduces traffic jams in the hubs and main streets, and attracts passengers to use instead of private cars To reduce fuel and fuel consumption. It is operated with electric energy (environmentally friendly) and where experimental operation is currently without passengers for Monoril East Nile and the work in the Monoril West Nile project is currently being applied and the need to intensify meetings between specialists from both sides during the coming period to reach a final agreement with regard to the French Stoms manage, operate and maintain the Monoril project.
