Libya has deposited $2 billion in Egypt’s central bank deducted from investments Tripoli has inside its neighbor, the central bank governor said on Saturday.
Speaking to Reuters, Saddeq Omar Elkabber said the amount was a “central bank deposit not a loan,” but did not give further details.
“Libya’s investments in Egypt total around $10 billion. These are in banks, property and other sectors,” he said.
“Egyptian stability is important for Libya,” he said. “This is like when the European Union helped Greece.”
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan told Reuters “there was no loan” made to Egypt but added the Libyan central bank “was free to make deposits where it chose.”
On Wednesday, the Egyptian state news agency MENA reported Libya would give Egypt a $2 billion five-year, interest-free loan under an agreement signed that day.
It quoted a finance ministry official as saying the loan ould have a three-year grace period and was intended “to support the Egyptian economy and the state budget and foreign currency reserves.”
Also on Wednesday, Qatar agreed to give Egypt $3 billion more in aid by buying Egyptian government bonds, as the Arab world’s most populous nation seeks to secure an IMF loan to ease its deepening economic crisis.
The new financial injections will buy Egypt time as it seeks to avert social unrest over fuel shortages and food price increases during a long, hot summer.

Libya deposits $2 bln in Egypt cbank from investments

Libya deposited $2 billion in Egypt’s central bank deducted from investments Tripoli has inside its neighbor. (Reuters)
Reuters, Tripoli
Sunday 14 April 2013
Last Update: Sunday, 14 April 2013 KSA 00:01 - GMT 21:01
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