Egypt’s Sisi inaugurates 1st expo for vehicles’ natural gas conversion

Egypt’s Sisi inaugurates 1st expo for vehicles’ natural gas conversion

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated on Monday the country's first exhibition showcasing technologies of converting vehicles to run on natural gas, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said.

This comes as part of an Egyptian strategy to convert hundreds of thousands of vehicles to run on natural gas, instead of, or along with, gasoline.

The strategy aims to reduce fuel imports, decrease pollution from harmful emissions, ensure the safety of drivers and passengers, and tap into the potential of unexploited auto factories.

The exhibition, dubbed Go Green, is set to be on show until 6 January at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre in Cairo.

At the exhibition, the president reviewed plans and programmes of ministries and government authorities within the framework of the initiative, especially the programmes to finance or facilitate the conversion process for citizens, Radi said.

The programmes are also meant to provide information to citizens about the initiative, including its financial, economic and environmental benefits, as well as the state's efforts to establish a comprehensive infrastructure for vehicles running on natural gas.

El-Sisi inspected the governmental pavilion allocated for the ministries of trade and industry, finance, military production, local development, environment, interior and transport as well as