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Egypt aims to sell Eurobonds worth $3-$4 bln in FY18/19 - deputy finance minister to Al Arabiya

The headquarters of Egypt's Central Bank are seen in downtown Cairo, Egypt January 11, 2018. Picture taken January 11, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt aims to sell Eurobonds worth $3-4 billion in the 2018-2019 fiscal year which begins in July, deputy finance minister Ahmed Kouchouk told the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television network on Sunday.

Egypt raised $4 billion in a dollar-denominated Eurobond sale that closed late on Tuesday, the finance ministry said, in bonds issued in five, 10- and 30-year tenors.

The finance ministry is set to begin talks this month with European banks to issue euro-denominated Eurobonds expected to valued at 1-1.5 billion euros and sold next April, Finance Minister Amr El Garhy told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reporting by Ehab Farouk; Writing by Nadine Awadalla; Editing by Toby Chopra

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