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4/12/2021

READOUT: Treasury Co-Hosts Sudan Debt Relief Roundtable Event | U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
READOUT: Treasury Co-Hosts Sudan Debt Relief Roundtable
Event
April 12, 2021

WASHINGTON - Earlier today, Andy Baukol, Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of the
Treasury for International A airs, and Ambassador Donald Booth, U.S. Special Envoy for
Sudan, co-hosted a virtual roundtable event to advance Sudan’s e orts to secure debt relief
under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. Treasury welcomed the
participation of His Excellency Dr. Gebril Ibrahim, Sudan’s Minister of Finance and Economic
Planning, along with representatives from over 20 countries and from the IMF, World Bank,
African Development Bank, and Paris Club. Mr. Baukol highlighted the progress Sudan’s
civilian-led transitional government has made in implementing macroeconomic reforms. He
also outlined the remaining steps in the path to debt relief, called on participants to fully
support Sudan in its e orts to reach the first phase of the HIPC process by mid-2021, and
urged all IMF members to support expeditious clearance of Sudan’s IMF arrears.
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