Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Debt Relief ~ Gov’t settles down Madagascar’s debt to Iraq ....

June 16, 2010

Gov’t settles down Madagascar’s debt to Iraq

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi Council on Ministers has decided to approve an agreement that settles down Madagascar’s debt to Iraq.

“Eighty percent of the debt (i.e. $234,507,234) has been cancelled,” the Iraqi government said in a release on Wednesday as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He noted that the 20 percent left will be paid on dispatches.

“The $46,901,446 will be paid over a period of seven years, with a payment dispatch every six months,” the statement explained.

It noted that the first payment should be made on Nov. 15, 2011.

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