ASSIUT, Aug 12, 2018 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived on Sunday in Assiut, Upper Egypt, to open the New Assiut Barrage, the latest project in a plan to develop Upper Egyptian Governorates. Sisi was welcomed upon arrival by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli, Defence Minister Mohamed Zaki and a host of ministers and senior officials. President Sisi is also expected to inaugurate the National Sohag Museum, which has been upgraded after 30 years of negligence by successive governments.