The Egyptian Prime Minister, Moustafa Madbouly, witnessed the signing of an agreement to purchase energy for a solar power generation project under a Build-Own-Operate (BOO) system, with a capacity of 200 megawatts (MW), in Kom Ombo, Aswan, worth nearly $200 million.

Iraq is expected to sign a $53 billion energy agreement with ExxonMobil and PetroChina. The Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi denied any link between the mega-project and the US permission for Iraq to do business with Iran.

The Egypt Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy and Ugandan Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development signed an agreement to establish a 4MW solar power plant in Uganda.

Egypt will sign an energy agreement with the European Union before mid-2018.