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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi greets delegates as he walks to the podium before speaking on the final day of a major economic conference that has injected billions of dollars' worth of aid and investment into Egypt. (Hassan Ammar, AP)
Sharm Al-Sheikh - An investment conference which Egyptian authorities have been promoting as key to reviving the battered economy closed on Sunday after deals potentially worth tens of billions of dollars were signed.
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb said agreements had been signed for investments worth some 36bn dollars over the course of the three day event, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported.
A jubilant President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi earlier told delegates that the event would be repeated annually.
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