Kuwait promises Egypt $4 billion in aid-state news agency


  • World
  • Wednesday, 10 Jul 2013

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait will provide $4 billion (£2.7 billion) in aid to Egypt, state news agency KUNA said on Wednesday, matching pledges by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that showed Gulf Arab approval of the Egyptian army's ousting of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.

KUNA said the package would comprise a $2 billion central bank deposit, a $1 billion grant and $1 billion in oil products,

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