CAIRO: Egypt's plans to sell around $5 billion in foreign currency bonds in the coming months, the country's finance minister said on Wednesday.

"We are going to sell bonds in the coming months in the market. It could be $5 billion plus or minus," Finance Minister Mohamed Maait told reporters.

(Reporting by Patrick Werr Writing by Aidan Lewis; Editing by Alison Williams) ((Aidan.Lewis@tr.com; +20-1001174410;))