KYRGYZ REPUBLIC  Debt treatment -      September 10, 2021

Accorded treatment

Categories of debt treated

Treatment of maturities falling due from July 1, to December 31, 2021

Repayment profile

Treatment under DSSI terms

Duration of the suspension of payment: from July 1, to December 31, 2021

Perimeter of maturities and cut-off date

  • Suspension of principal repayments and interest payments
  • Cut-off date protecting new financing in case of possible future restructuring: March 24, 2020 (included)

Modalities for the debt service suspension

NPV-neutral for the suspension of payments

Repayment period: 5 years with a one-year grace period (6 years total)

Treatment will be achieved either through rescheduling or refinancing.

Specific provisions

The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic is required to commit:

  • to use the created fiscal space to increase social, health or economic spending in response to the crisis. A monitoring system is expected to be put in place by the IFIs;
  • to disclose all public sector financial commitments (debt) , respecting commercially sensitive information. Technical Assistance is expected to be provided by the IFIs as appropriate to achieve this;
  • to comply with the debt limits on contracting new non-concessional during the suspension period agreed under the IMF Debt Limit Policy (DLP) or WBG policy.

Comparability of treatment provision

The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic commits to seek from all its other bilateral official creditors a debt service treatment that is in line with the agreed term sheet and its Addendum providing the key features of the time-bound suspension of debt service payments initiative set out in Annexes I and II of the Memorandum of Understanding dated September 10, 2021 and commits not to accord any of these creditors a treatment more favourable than the elements described in Annexes I and II of the Memorandum of Understanding dated September 10, 2021.

Organisation of the session

The agreement was signed by Mr. William ROOS, Co-Chairman of the Paris Club.

The head of the debtor country was Mr. Akylbek ZHAPAROV, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Economy and Finance.

Participating creditors
  • DENMARK
  • FRANCE
  • GERMANY
  • JAPAN
  • REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Observers
  • AUSTRALIA
  • AUSTRIA
  • BELGIUM
  • BRAZIL
  • CANADA
  • FINLAND
  • IRELAND
  • ISRAEL
  • ITALY
  • NETHERLANDS
  • NORWAY
  • RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  • SPAIN
  • SWEDEN
  • UNITED KINGDOM
  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA