Presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said that they reviewed steps to be taken for establishing the general agency for Upper Egypt development, which was announced during the activities of the third Youth Conference, held in Aswan in January.

The move aims at improving services provided to Upper Egypt residents and creating jobs for them.

Sisi highlighted the necessity of completing measures on establishing the body as soon as possible.

Regarding the plan on restructuring the bread subsidy program, Sisi underscored the importance tightening the control on the new system and the bakeries, improving bread quality, and ensuring the stability of its prices without any increase, Youssef said.

During the meeting, the governor of the Central Bank of Egypt and finance minister reviewed the measures taken to increase the foreign currency reserves as well as the file on exchange rates.

Source : Mena