Economics
Paris Club to Spare Argentina From $2.4 Billion Debt Default
- Club to delay payment if Argentina meets certain conditions
- Argentina’s Fernandez met European leaders to rally support
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The group of rich government creditors known as the Paris Club is willing to delay a $2.4 billion debt payment from Argentina due this month if the nation meets certain conditions, potentially averting a damaging default, according to three people with direct knowledge of negotiations.
The club will spare Argentina from default if it misses the May 31 payment in the hope that the country can rework a $45 billion credit with the International Monetary Fund, said one of the people, who asked not to be named because the talks are private. An agreement with the IMF may not come until after Argentina’s midterm elections later this year, the person said, declining to specify the conditions that the group is demanding.