Egypt economic conference: investors commit $10.7 billion in deals including power, tourism

A delegate checks his phone at the venue for the Egyptian Economic Development Conference, a cornerstone of the government's plan to woo desperately needed investors, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Sunday, March 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell) (The Associated Press)

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Delegates attend the Egyptian Economic Development Conference, a cornerstone of the Egyptian government's plan to woo desperately needed investors, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Sunday, March 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (The Associated Press)

Egyptian Minister of Investment Ashraf Salman addresses a session of the Egyptian Economic Development Conference, a cornerstone of the government's plan to woo desperately needed investors, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Sunday, March 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (The Associated Press)

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Organizers of an investment conference in Egypt say investors have committed $10.7 billion to projects in the country.

They said in a statement Sunday that the agreements include a $6.5 billion deal with Egypt's Orascom group and the Abu Dhabi-owned International Petroleum Investment Company to build a coal-fired power plant over four years. The deals were signed a day earlier.

Cairo Financial Holding, formerly led by Investment Minister Ashraf Salman, had the second-largest investment — $1 billion into a tourism fund.

Preliminary engineering and finance agreements amounting to $5.8 billion were also signed, along with a further $5.4 billion in loans and grants from international partners and organizations.

The statement did not mention billions of dollars in agreements signed with Germany's Siemens or Italy's Eni on Saturday.