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On July 28, Egyptian Finance Minister Amr Garhy said the country is expecting to get $12 billion from the IMF in the next three years in exchange for certain austerity measures.
"The biggest challenge is not the measures themselves but their acceptance by the society, public opinion. The challenge is whether it is prepared to accept the measures, which is likely to be hard and tough," Sisi said talking at the Cairo youth forum.
He added that "the upcoming days will bring many good news," most likely relating to the ongoing negotiations between the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Egypt's economic growth was undermined by five years of political turmoil after the 2011 Arab Spring uprising against long-standing Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. The national economy is suffering a severe shortage of foreign currency caused mainly by the blow to its tourist sector following the crash of the Russian Airbus A321 plane over the Sinai Peninsula in October 2015.
bought those troop boats that France built for Russia, but then again you need war stuff.....right !!!!