Egypt's  Chairman of the New Administrative Capital Ahmed Zaki Abdeen said that the government premises, including the presidency, the council of cabinet ministers and the House of Representatives and other governmental facilities, will be relocated to the New Administrative Capital within 18 months, Egypt Today reported.

Speaking at the International Branch Campus (IBC) Experts Forum hosted by the American University in Cairo (AUC) on Thursday, Abdeen said that the Planning Ministry is in charge of determining the government facilities to be transferred to the government district in the New Administrative Capital. 

The government district will include 36 government buildings, he noted.