Pakistan Signs Pact With France For $107 Million Debt Suspension.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan signed a Debt Service Suspension Agreement with the French Republic on Monday, amounting to suspension of loans worth $107 million, under the G-20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) framework.

This amount, initially repayable between July and December 2021 will now be repaid over a period of six years (including one-year grace period) in semi-annual instalments. The agreement was signed by Mian Asad Hayaud Din, Federal Secretary for Economic Affairs Division, and Nicolas Galey, the Ambassador of the French Republic to Pakistan in Islamabad. The GOP has already signed agreements with the French Republic for suspension of USD 261 million. Due to the support extended by the development partners of Pakistan, the G-20 DSSI has provided the fiscal space which was necessary to deal with the urgent health and economic needs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The total amount of debt that has been suspended and rescheduled under the DSSI framework, covering the period from May 2020 to December 2021, stands at USD 3,688 million. Pakistan has already concluded and...