CAIRO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Egypt has paid $2.1 billion of itsdebt to foreign energy companies, leaving $3.1 billion stillowed, Oil Minister Sherif Ismail said in a statement onWednesday.
Egypt made earlier payments of $1.5 billion in December2013, and $1.4 billion in October 2014, Ismail added.
Arrears to foreign energy companies have hampered investmentin the sector. (Reporting by Shadi Bushra; editing by Jason Neely)