Thursday, July 5, 2007

Egypt to make domestic debt Euroclearable - Finmin

(Reuters) - Egyptian Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali said on Thursday the government plans to make its domestic debt clearable through the settlements system Euroclear in an effort to attract more international investors to its robust economy.

Egyptian officials are currently in London talking with investors about a planned Eurobond that Boutros-Ghali previously told Reuters in March would be up to 5 billion Egyptian pounds payable in U.S. dollars. At that time he said the tenor would be no more than 10 years.


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