Minister of Electricity: Egypt is a regional center to support nuclear security in the Middle East and Africa
Dr. Mahmoud Esmat, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, stressed that the peaceful uses of atomic energy are an inherent right for all countries under the non -proliferation treaty, and that Egypt continues research and development activities in the areas of peaceful uses of energy and nuclear applications in line with Egypt’s Vision 2030 .. indicating that Egypt has become a regional center to support nuclear security, and plays a tangible and effective role in awareness and training activities at the level of the eastern regions The Middle and the African continent. And the African, through its membership in both the Arab Atomic Energy Authority, and the African Regional Cooperation Agreement & quot; AFRA & quot;
The minister added- according to a statement, today, Tuesday- that this conference aims to increase the fields of technical cooperation with the agency, in a manner commensurate with the increasing needs of energy in Egypt, and gives cooperation programs with the agency many assistive projects in the field of optimal use of reactions with The development of human resources appropriate to the design, operation and use of the reactors and facilities associated with them, explaining Egypt’s participation in a number of these initiatives, according to which the installation of a three -dimensional medical expedited medical expedited & quot; link & quot; It is used to provide accurate radiotherapy for cancer patients, indicating that a number of plant mutations using radiation technology would contribute to the production of crops with a greater and more productive production capacity for difficult climatic conditions. Modern. And the combinations in the four units, including the completion of the installation of the third level of the inner container container of the reactor building in the second nuclear unit, the equipment is being manufactured for the four nuclear units, including steam generators, pressure fixtures, main circuit parts, electricity generators and steam tranas as well Members that the Egyptian nuclear program is committed to using the highest standards of security and safety, as Egypt participates for the first time in the conference conference of the nuclear safety agreement hosted by the agency in April 2026, with a detailed national report in the context of the agreement, after completing the procedures for joining it, adding that Egypt applies an integrated and ambitious plan in the nuclear security in cooperation with the agency, and Egypt has become a regional center to support nuclear security, and plays a role Tangier and effective in awareness and training activities at the level of the Middle East and the African continent. Joining this voluntary protocol as a prior condition for cooperation in the field of peaceful uses of atomic energy, or linking it with legal obligations under the non -proliferation treaty. With the necessity of intensifying efforts to achieve the globalization of this agreement as mentioned in the relevant conference decisions, adding that it is a continuation of these efforts, Egypt will again this year to offer a draft decision to implement the agency guarantees in the Middle East, which is an essential step to create a nuclear weapons -free zone in the Middle East, which is increasingly needed to accelerate its establishment now more than ever in light of the serious developments and regrettable conditions that are witnessing it The region over the past two years. We call on all peace -loving countries to support this important decision in line with the existing obligations in this regard. The United Nations and the agency system under the responsibilities of member states, and to undermine the credibility of the system of preventing nuclear proliferation as a whole. The distinguished with the agency, especially the fruitful visit made by the agency’s general manager to Cairo, last June, during which he met President Abdel Fattah Al -Sisi, President of the Republic, the Foreign Minister and a number of Egyptian officials. It is incurred by the Palestinian people, and after nearly two years of targeting, the systematic Israeli aggression, brute war, starvation, and forced displacement against Palestinian civilians in a serious and unprecedented violation of the principles of international international law and humanitarian law, and taking into account the irresponsible statements issued by an Israeli minister to threaten the use of nuclear weapons in Gaza, and Egypt demands the international community and the human conscience to speak with one voice to stop those War and ending the suffering of the Palestinian people.
