French newspaper La Tribune reported on Dec. 23 that Paris and Cairo had failed to reach an agreement over the sale of two military satellites.
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Egypt had wanted to buy an observation satellite and a military telecommunications satellite but both sides couldn’t reach a consensus before the Egyptian delegation, lead by Minister of military production Brig. Gen. Mohamed Saeed El-Assar, went back home on Tuesday.