Egypt's foreign debt down to below 153 bln USD: PM

CAIRO, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday that Egypt's external debt declined by more than 15 billion U.S. dollars in six months to go below 153 billion dollars, the Egyptian cabinet said in a statement.

"The external debt recorded 168 billion dollars last December and 152.8 billion in June," the cabinet quoted Madbouly as saying in a meeting with Egyptian intellectuals in Cairo.