Al-Sissi calls for increased Egyptian military vehicle production
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily News Egypt
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi has called for increased local production of military vehicles, equipment and spare parts to reduce imports. He also reviewed electric vehicle prototypes and called for stronger production technologies, according to the Egyptian presidency.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi on Saturday called for increased local production of military vehicles, equipment and spare parts, while developing exports of some models manufactured in Egypt. He issued the directives during a meeting with Mohamed Abdel Fattah Abu Bakr, Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization, and Walid Hassan El-Kurdi, head of the Armed Forces Vehicles Department, according to the Egyptian presidency, cited by Daily News Egypt.
Al-Sissi also reviewed models of vehicles designed and manufactured locally, as well as their development and production timetable. The meeting covered prototypes of electric vehicles undergoing testing and cooperation between the Arab Organization for Industrialization and the Armed Forces Vehicles Department to reduce imports, Daily News Egypt reports.
The Egyptian president called for stronger technical support systems and the adoption of modern manufacturing technologies for military and civilian equipment and vehicles. He also called for the development of a defence industries chamber and achieving self-sufficiency in the production of military vehicles, equipment and spare parts, according to the presidency.
