埃及对各大石油公司偿还15亿美元债务
中国石化新闻网讯据福克斯新闻12月4日开罗报道,埃及总理Hazem
el-Beblawi表示,该国政府将首先偿还所欠外国石油公司款项的24%,以使投资者对这个近三年来饱受骚乱之苦的国家经济重建信心。
Hazem
el-Beblawi周三在一次将海湾国家的商人与官员召集至开罗的投资者论坛上发表讲话,说政府已同意出资15亿美元偿还对外国石油公司所欠的债务。石油部发言人Hamdy
Abdel-Aziz称,债务的最新数字为62亿美元。
El-Beblawi鼓励投资者对动乱中的埃及保持耐心,并表示政府正逐步恢复政局与稳定经济,通过完成国家宪法修正案实现了一个“里程碑”。
詹乐乾摘译自福克斯新闻,2013-12-6
原文如下:
Egypt to settle $1.5B owed to oil firms
CAIRO ? Egypt's prime minister says his government has committed to
pay what amounts to 24 percent of the total arrears it owes foreign
oil companies in a bid to restore investor confidence in an economy
damaged by nearly three years of unrest.
Hazem el-Beblawi was speaking Wednesday at an investors' forum that
brought to Cairo businessmen and officials from the Gulf countries.
El-Beblawi said his government approved settling $1.5 billion it
owed to foreign oil firms. Petroleum ministry spokesman Hamdy
Abdel-Aziz said the latest figure for money owed to oil companies
stood at $6.2 billion.
El-Beblawi also urged investors to show patience with unrest-hit
Egypt. He added that the government is on track to restore political
and economic stability, and has realized a "milestone" by completing
amendments to the country's constitution.