Cairo, October 25 (KCNA) -- The Egyptian government officially informed the United States of its refusal to the U.S. funding for the unregistered nongovernmental organizations (NGO) in the country, said Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Naga on Sunday.

Egypt's official news agency MENA quoted Naga as saying that "the U.S. organizations which didn't sign the required agreement with the Egyptian foreign ministry cannot work in Egypt."

She added that the Egyptian government would not oppose foreign funding to NGOs as long as the funding did not violate the laws in Egypt and was designated for the country's development.