Ethiopia among Latest Countries to Get Paris Club Debt Relief

Addis Ababa June 10/2020(ENA) The Paris Club of creditor nations have agreed to suspend debt service payments from Ethiopia, Chad, Pakistan and Congo as part of a G20 debt relief deal, the group said.

The Group of 20 leading economies and the Paris Club, an informal group of state creditors coordinated by the French finance ministry, agreed in April to freeze debt payments of the 77 poorest countries this year to free up cash to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

The latest agreements bring to 12 the number of countries to receive debt relief under the deal with a total of 1.1 billion USD in debt deferred as a result, the Paris Club said, adding that 30 countries had requested to benefit, according to Reuters.