| Finance Minister Fayad Abdel-Moneim and Planning Minister Amr Darrag stress IMF-mandated economic reform aimed at reducing the budget deficit is an immediate priority. Egypt’s newly-appointed economy ministers highlighted the importance of continuing the efforts exerted by their predecessors to ensure Egypt’s economic future in their first public statements on Wednesday.
The finance ministry’s highest priorities over the coming period will be to complete negotiations with the International Monetary Fund over an economic reform plan required to secure a $4.8 billion loan, said Egypt’s new Minister of Finance Fayad Abdel-Moneim...............................................Full Article: Source |