CAIRO - Egypt expects to receive a $1.6 billion disbursal from the International Monetary Fund by end-December, Finance Minister Mohamed Maiit said on Monday.

The IMF said earlier this month it had reached a staff-level agreement with Egypt after the first review of a $5.2 billion financing agreement.

(Reporting by Nadine Awadalla and Nayera Abdullah; Editing by Leslie Adler) ((Nadine.Awadalla@thomsonreuters.com;))