G7, Paris Club Agree on Iraq Debt Write-Off
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BERLIN/PARIS  - The United States and Germany  brokered a multi-national agreement on Saturday to forgive up  to $33 billion of Iraq's debts, helping mend ties strained by  the Iraq war.
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BERLIN : Russia has agreed to a deal to wipe out up to 80 percent of the debt owed by Iraq to the Paris Club creditor nations, a US official said at the conclusion of a Group of 20 meeting.
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WASHINGTON - The United States signed an agreement with Iraq on Friday to forgive 100 percent of the $4.1 billion debt Iraq owes it, and urged other nations to follow suit to help the war-torn nation.
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Finance chiefs from leading industrialized countries must bridge a transatlantic rift over how much of Iraq's foreign debt to write-off if they are to make progress toward a deal at a meeting this week.
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At meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund the French said non to the US proposal of writing off 90-95 per cent of Iraqâs $12bn of bilateral debt.
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A deal to forgive a large chunk of Iraq&#39;s external debt could finally be announced this week after key creditor nations came to an agreement at the weekend ending months of stalemate.
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Major economic powers agreed in principle to write off billions of dollars of debt for Iraq, officials said Sunday, with France in particular agreeing to compromise as it seeks improved ties with the United States.
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Iraq&#39;s main creditors at the Paris Club have reached an agreement to cancel 80 percent of the debt owed to them by Baghdad, a Paris Club source said Saturday.
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The Paris Club of creditor nations, except for Russia, has agreed in principle to slash debts Iraq ( news - web sites ) owes to the group by up to 80 percent, an official said Sunday.
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Russia agreed on Sunday to forgive up to 80 percent of Iraqâs debts to the Paris Club (about $33 billion). A US Treasury official quoted by Reuters said they received this information from Russia.
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German Finance Minister Hans Eichel said on Saturday that the Paris Club had reached a framework agreement to forgive 80 percent of Iraqi debt.
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A French Finance ministry spokesman said the Paris Club of creditor nations had reached deal Sunday to write off 80 percent of the debts Iraq owes them.
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BERLIN, Nov. 20 -- Germany and the United States have agreed on a proposal to write off as much as 80 percent of Iraq's debt, Germany's finance minister said Saturday, following a months-long U.S. push for debt forgiveness.
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Germany&#39;s finance minister said Saturday that he and his US counterpart have reached an agreement under which Iraq&#39;s creditors would write off up to 80 per cent of the country&#39;s debt.
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Germany's Finance Minister Hans Eichel said Saturday he and U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow had agreed on a proposal to write off as much as 80 percent of Iraq's debt, capping a U.S. push for debt forgiveness.
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BERLIN: The United States, Germany and other G7 nations agreed yesterday to write off up to 80 per cent or $33 billion of Iraq&#39;s Paris Club debt, which could pave the way for a wider international accord, officials said.
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The Paris Club of creditors met on Sunday to finalise an agreement on writing off debts owed to its 19 member countries by Iraq -- a deal which could pave the way for a wider international accord.