[AFP] Victoria Loguinova - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met Tuesday with Russian leaders to close a deal allowing Moscow to join a tender for Egypt's first civilian nuclear power station. President Vladimir Putin's successor, Dmitry Medvedev, who takes over the Kremlin in May, told Mubarak that he expected a "productive partnership" in the nuclear sphere. Russia - which is close to completing Iran's controversial first nuclear facility in Bushehr - is keen to re-establish a commercial and diplomatic presence in the Middle East. Today, nuclear technology and conventional weapons sales are again giving Moscow a foot in the door, and Mubarak was expected also to discuss possible arms deals.
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