CAIRO- Egypt's financing gap for financial year 2017-2018 is between $10 billion to $ 12 billion, Finance Minister Amr El Garhy told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on Monday.

He said Egypt plans to issue $8 billion in dollar-denominated bonds, but did not give details on a timetable.

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