IMF to exempt 25 poor countries from debt service payments

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Wed, 15 Apr 2020 - 07:22 GMT

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CAIRO – 15 April 2020: International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to exempt 25 countries from debt service payments, in support of efforts to control the impact of the "Covid-19" epidemic.

These countries are most vulnerable to debt and come under the IMF’s revised Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust. The IMF’s relief package is a response to help poor countries on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Executive board approved the exemption of the poor and most vulnerable countries from the impact of the Corona virus from the Fund's debt payments over the next six months, it clarified in a statement.

IMF indicated that it will help these countries to pool their financial resources towards emergency medical efforts.

"The current measures include a debt forgiveness of $500 million, which includes $185 million in the commitment of the United Kingdom, and $100 million from Japan, in addition to other contributions from China and the Netherlands," the statement added.

The Fund invited the remaining creditors to participate in the exemption of poor countries from debt payments for a full two years.

The twenty-five countries include Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Biasu, Haiti, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Sao Tome, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Togo and Yemen

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