Oct 15 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Egyptian authorities have agreed to finalize their work to reach a staff-level agreement 'very soon', the multilateral lender's spokesman Gerry Rice said on Saturday.
"IMF staff and the Egyptian authorities have held very productive in-person discussions on the margins of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings and made substantial progress on all policies", he added in a statement. (Reporting by Moataz Mohamed and Enas al ashray, Editing by William Maclean)
