CAIRO - Egypt's state grains buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC,) has bought 165,000 tonnes of Russian wheat in an international purchase tender, it said on Friday.

The purchase comprised 55,000 tonnes of wheat for shipment Dec. 1-10 and 110,000 tonnes of wheat for shipment Dec. 11-20.

(Reporting by Nadine Awadalla in Cairo and Michael Hogan in Hamburg Editing by David Goodman ) ((Nadine.Awadalla@thomsonreuters.com;))