Egypt: Mahlab - Foodstuffs Will Not Be Affected By Fuel Price Increase

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said that raising the prices of fuel will not have any impact on prices of foodstuffs, adding that merchants and owners of passenger transport companies asserted to him that the margin of raising tariff prices will be limited.

He noted that re-orienting subsidies together with re-drawing up of a new map for the Egyptian economy will increase the number of citizens benefiting from social solidarity to three millions.

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