Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly met with a group of leading French banks and investment funds in Paris yesterday to promote Egypt as an investment destination, according to a cabinet statement. The statement didn’t name who Madbouly met. This came during the final day of the prime minister’s visit to the French capital, during which he met with representatives of some of the country’s biggest companies and signed a three-year agreement with the OECD to support the government’s economic reforms.

Romanian president in town for talks: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held wide-ranging talks with Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis in Cairo yesterday, according to an Ittihadiya statement. The two heads of state discussed bilateral trade, energy and economic ties, as well as regional issues such as terrrorism and the Libyan peace process.