Despite all the will of the Egyptian and French teams of negotiations, the contract for an order of two satellites, one observation and one military telecom, could not be signed before the start of Tuesday the Egyptian delegation. Nothing serious so far. It is only "postponed" explains Does it in Paris. "We started from too far away to be finalized", says one in The Tribune. Yet the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sissi wanted a quick signature. To expedite negotiations, he had sent his faithful minister of Defence Production, General Al-Assar.

As part of these discussions, Cairo negotiating with Airbus Space Systems and Thales Alenia Space (TAS), which was designated as representative. The contract amounts to approximately EUR 1 billion for the two satellites. The timetable was ambitious but nothing seems lost for France.