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Qatar Raises Egypt Aid package To $5Bn
 
Qatar announced on 8 January that it was doubling its aid package to Egypt to a total of $5bn, during a visit last week to Cairo by Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaikh Hamad ibn Jasim Al-Thani. He explained that the grant to Egypt will be doubled to $1bn and the deposit of Qatari funds placed with the Central Bank of Egypt will rise to $4bn from $2bn. Shaikh...