Russia to write off $US 500 MLN of Africa’s debt
Russia's FM Sergey Lavrov has indicated that Russia is going to write off additional $US 500 MLN of African countries' debts. He stressed that Moscow is assisting Africa on debt relief and has already cleared some $US 11 BLN of debt.
This includes $US 2.2 BLN cleared according to the international ‘Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative’, Lavrov said.The minister also pointed out that Russia's economic co-operation with African countries is increasing, and is now estimated at $US 3.5 BLN annually. The issue of debt relief is usually on the G8 summit’s agenda and is set to be discussed at the upcoming summit in Germany.
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