Egypt's Minister of Irrigation Hossam Moghazi met with European Union delegation to discuss Egypt's One Million Feddan land reclamation project, state media reports.

The project is part of a larger scheme to reclaim a total of four million feddans (acres) of land for cultivation, including land outside the Nile Valley, home to most of Egypt's arable land.

The project is was a cornerstone of President El-Sisi's electoral programme.