Russia is keen to expand its manufacturing partnerships with Egypt, especially when it comes to vehicle assembly, Russian Trade and Industry Minister Denis Manturov said.
She made these comments during a meeting with counterpart Nevine Gamea in Moscow last week, the Trade Ministry said in a statement.
Egypt has plans to become an auto assembly hub: The first 100 locally-assembled electric vehicles under a partnership between El Nasr Automotive and China’s Dongfeng should be ready by July-August 2022, before hitting the road starting September of the same, Public Enterprises Minister Hisham Tawfik said earlier this month. Mitsubishi and Mercedes-Benz have also announced plans to begin locally assembling select passenger car models.