CAIRO  - Egypt is targeting a budget deficit of 7.2 percent and GDP growth of 6.1 percent in the 2019-2020 financial year, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said on Tuesday on the sidelines of an industry conference.

Egypt's financial year runs from July to June.

(Writing by Nadine Awadalla; Editing by Catherine Evans) ((Nadine.Awadalla@thomsonreuters.com;))