Russia Leads By Example – Pardons Poorest African Countries $20 Billion Debt
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April, 2018
Russia
has written off debts to the poorest countries of the African
continent in the amount of $ 20 billion, said Russia’s first deputy
ambassador to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyansky.
“Our
country is taking steps to alleviate the debt burden of African
countries. The debt for the heavily indebted poor countries has been
written off by more than $ 20 billion, inclusive of
“debt-for-development” programs, ” said Polyansky during his
speech at the meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
He
added that the Russian Federation is allocating funds for the
implementation of international assistance programs for African
countries through the IMF, the World Bank, WHO, the United Nations
Children’s Fund, the World Food Program and the International Civil
Defense Organization.
“We
also render assistance in the field of healthcare, our country was
one of the first to react to the epidemic of the Ebola fever,
allocating over $ 60 million for fighting it,” the Russian diplomat
noted.
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