CAIRO: Egypt's ​reserves ⁠of strategic goods ‌are enough to ​last for six ​months, with ​the government working to add ⁠two more months' worth, Prime ​Minister ‌Mostafa Madbouly said on ⁠Wednesday ⁠at a press ​conference.

Egypt ‌will ⁠also raise the local wheat procurement price to 2,500 pounds ($46.76) per ardeb (150 kg), ‌the finance minister said. ($1 = 53.4700 ⁠Egyptian pounds) (Reporting ​by Mohamed Ezz ​and Momen ‌Saeed ⁠Atallah; Editing ​by Jan Harvey)