Minister says developing Sinai major axis in Egyptian government program

CAIRO - 24 April 2020: Local Development Minister Mahmoud Shaarawi said that developing Sinai represents a key axis in the Egyptian government's program which comes as part of the state's public strategy aiming to enhance infrastructure and link the peninsula to the Nile Delta.

In a statement on Friday, the minister added that the state exerts constant efforts to achieve Sinai development and reconstruction as well as to secure the funding needed for implementing projects in North and South Sinai.

The state seeks to achieve comprehensive development in Sinai and protect the Egyptian national security as well as to carry out several national and services projects in Sinai, Shaarawi pointed out.

Shaarawi asserted that his ministry has followed up with the other state bodies the implementation of a number of national projects over the past two years in Sinai, including those implemented in North Sinai at total investments of EGP 7 billion and the others implemented in South Sinai at investments worth EGP 18 billion.

Allocations for the projects of the investment plan for the South Sinai government in the current fiscal year 2019/2020 have hit about EGP 288 million, he said.

Meanwhile, allocations for the projects of the investments plan for North Sinai in fiscal year 2019/2020 reached about EGP 261 million, he added.