Saudi committee arrives in Egypt for electricity tender: A Saudi government delegation arrived in Egypt on Sunday as expected to jointly review for a component of the project to link the two countries’ power grids. There had been speculation that tensions between Cairo and Riyadh would see the delegation scrap the trip. A tender for transformers needed for the project is due to begin today, a source at the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company told Al Shorouk. The project will begin trial operations in mid-2017 to exchange 3,000 MW at peak times, company head Gamal Abdel-Rehim said. Siemens, ABB Group, and Alstom are believed to be in the running.

Meanwhile, Saudi ambassador Ahmed Ben Abdel Aziz Qattan is back in Cairo from Riyadh, where he was locked in meetings on ties between the two countries since the flap boiled-over late last week, Al Masry Al Youm reported. His trip came in the middle of the [insert your preferred term for your last spousal spat here] between Egypt and Saudi Arabia following Egypt’s vote for a Russian-backed resolution on Syria at the UN Security Council. There is no word yet on whether a high-level Egyptian delegation, reported to be in the works, will fly to Riyadh or whether Saudi and Egypt will work on a follow-up Syria resolution.