The G20 Finance and Paris Club agreed to extend the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) for the poorest countries by 6 months to 30 June 2021 to help them cope with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The news was announced on the evening of Wednesday 14 October by the G20 Finance Ministers, following a videoconference chaired by the Saudi Presidency and by the Paris Club (see EUROPE B12581A20).
The G20 Finance and the Paris Club also agreed “to consider, by the 2021 Spring...