British minister and delegation sail on Egypt's new Suez Canal

[Sally]

This expansion certainly should be a blessing for the Egyptian people when all that extra revune starts coming in.

Wednesday, 14 January 2015



British minister and delegation sail on Egypt's new Suez Canal

British minister Tobias Ellwood toured the new Suez Canal project with a delegation of business people he hopes can help make the project a success


Ahram Online , Wednesday 14 Jan 2015

British Minister Tobias Ellwood (C) and Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mameesh (L) sailing the new Suez Canal (Photo: The British embassy in Cairo)

British minister Tobias Ellwood, accompanied by a British delegation of businesspeople, sailed on the new Suez Canal Wednesday, becoming the first foreign delegation to tour the new project.


The British Minister for the Middle East and North Africa expressed his hope that some of the British companies accompanying him "will be able to do business here and bring their great British expertise to make this project a success."

The expansion of the canal, due for completion by August 2015, is estimated by the government to more than double the canal’s revenues by 2023.

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[Baruch Menachem]

What about the French? They built the first one.

This has got to be good for Egypt. And the world generally.

 

[Sunni Man]

Do tell ....