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Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian prime minister,Ìýexpects an inter-governmental agreement on the key commercial terms of a project to build Egypt's first nuclear power plant will be ready to sign this autumn.

A memorandum of understandingÌýto cooperate in the construction of power reactors has been signed between China National Nuclear CorporationÌýand the Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Authority.

Rusatom Overseas is aiming to sell desalination facilities integrated with large capacity nuclear power plants to Russia's export markets.

Egypt and Russia have agreed to build a nuclear power plant together and officials from both countries have signed a memorandum of understanding on the proposed project.

A tender to construct Egypt's first nuclear power plant will now be launched by the end of 2014. The tender for the El-Dabaa plant was originally scheduled for earlier this year.