Egypt could sell a Eurobond of up to $2 billion as early as July, the country's finance minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali said.

"It could be up to $2 billion. There is a lot of appetite for it, and investors could offer as much as that," Boutros-Ghali said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.

He said the issue would take place between July and September.-Reuters