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Cairo banks on rapprochement with Iran to attract capital

Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Maait in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 24 September 2023. © Sui Xiankai/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

In the wake of the BRICS summit in August, the Egyptian authorities are renewing ties with Tehran and hoping to attract new investment. [...]

Published on 11.10.2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Egypt
Cairo banks on rapprochement with Iran to attract capital

Egypt
Cairo alarmed by plummeting Suez revenue

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Sisi ponders future of army chief Osama Askar

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Afreximbank inks $32m move to Cairo's New Administrative Capital

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BRICS seeks to reinvent itself at Johannesburg summit

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Sisi seeks Chinese solution as IMF and creditors close in

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Suez Canal ports whet Gulf appetites