New Global Financial Pact Summit: Zambia reaches deal with creditors
29 June 2023 |
3:22 pm
Zambia and its government creditors, including China, have reached a deal to restructure $6.3 billion in loans, the French government announced Thursday on the sidelines of a global finance summit in Paris.
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