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Red Sea attacks' impact on Suez Canal revenue can be partly absorbed: Egypt finance minister

DUBAI — Egypt's Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said part of the impact on Suez Canal revenue of the Red Sea attacks on vessels could be absorbed, thanks to previous growth which had been doing well before the incidents started.

Maait said the government was planning to rely more on the private sector in terms of project expenditure, adding: "If you look at [project spending] figures for the last seven months, it has dropped by 10 percent," he told Reuters on the sidelines of the World Governments Summit in Dubai. 

DUBAI — Egypt's Finance Minister
Mohamed Maait said part of the impact on Suez Canal revenue of
the Red Sea attacks on vessels could be absorbed, thanks to
previous growth which had been doing well before the incidents
started.
Maait said the government was planning to rely more on the
private sector in terms of project expenditure, adding: "If you
look at...