The West German Government has signed an agreement with Egypt to aid in the construction of a power plant in the Quattra Depression in the western Egyptian desert and a canal which will carry water from the Mediterranean into the Depression to operate the plant, it was report here today.
Both countries will share the nearly $3, 000, 000 cost of research which will take about one year. Another agreement will be signed later covering the actual project. Reports from Cairo predict that the agreement could herald a new era of German-Egyptian cooperation.
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