Putin hosts Egyptian FM Badr Abdelatty in Moscow

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia and Egypt could discuss plans ​to create a grain and energy hub in Egypt at a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty in Moscow. During the meeting, Putin said he had ordered the Russian government to work with Egypt on ​issues around supplying food, mainly grain.

He also thanked Egyptian government for buying its wheat as Egypt is the biggest buyer of Russian wheat. Egypt plays an ​increasingly important role in handling Russian commodities and could serve as a logistics and storage point for supplies heading to Africa and the Middle East.