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ADDIS ABABA, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Ethiopia will hold an investor call with its international bondholders at the end of this week, the finance ministry said after announcing on Friday it could not pay a $33 million bond coupon due on Monday.
Ethiopia previously secured an interim agreement on a debt service suspension for 2023 and 2024 from its bilateral creditors other than China after reaching a separate suspension deal with China.
The finance ministry said in its statement on Monday that it would “seek a broadly similar treatment” from the holders of its single $1 billion international bond maturing in December 2024.
“In light of recent agreements entered with our other external creditors around external debt service suspension, it would be important to treat all our creditors equitably,” the ministry said.
(Reporting by Dawit Endesaw, Writing by Rachel Savage;…
