Paris Club Extends Ethiopia’s IMF Deal Deadline to June

  • Official creditors agreed to a debt service suspension
  • Ethiopia to continue IMF talks in Washington this month

Shoppers walk through Shola market in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Photographer: Michele Spatari/Bloomberg
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The Paris Club of mostly developed country creditors is said to have extended a deadline for Ethiopia to reach a preliminary bailout deal with the International Monetary Fund by three months to the end of June.

That’s according to a person close to the group, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they didn’t have permission to discuss the matter publicly.