Egypt seeks product supplies through upcoming elections.

摘要

According to Oil Minister Sharif Ismail, the country has approached Middle East producers in hopes of receiving fuel supplies to support the country as it elects a new parliament and president and drafts a new constitution in die coming months. Already, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE have agreed to supply die country with diesel, gasoline and fuel oil from July through the end of the 2013, but Egypt is strapped for cash, pardy due to die loss of foreign investment and tourism revenue due to unrest, and pardy because of the crippling costs of its high fuel subsidies.