Egypt, EEU agree to create free trade zone

      Egypt and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan have agreed to establish a free trade zone and to develop the Russian industrial zone in the Suez Canal region, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Cairo, BelTA has learned.
       Apart from that, Russia and Egypt signed a number of documents, including on bilateral cooperation in nuclear power engineering. Attending the ceremony were Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
       The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Egypt was his first foreign trip in 2015.