Argentina's Ministry of Economic Affairs said that due to the scarcity of the US dollar reserve, the Argentine government was paid in RMB on Friday (June 30) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Comprehensive Agence France -Presse and Bloomberg reported that the Argentine Economic Affairs of Economic Affairs said in a statement on Friday that Argentina paid US $ 2.7 billion (about S $ 3.651 billion) to the IMF out of foreign debt, of which 1.7 billion wereThe US dollar is to use special withdrawal rights, and the rest is paid in RMB.
A spokesman for the Argentine government said that the out -of -end foreign debt payment did not use the country's central foreign exchange reserves.
The Argentine Ministry of Economic Affairs also said that the Argentine government will send a delegation led by senior officials of the Ministry of Economic Affairs to the IMF headquarters next week to negotiate the next step in debt repa.
Argentina reached an agreement with the IMF last year to reorganize the country's $ 44 billion in debt.As domestic inflation has continued to rise and the national foreign exchange reserves have continued to decrease, Argentina has been committed to promoting RMB spot and futures business in the local foreign exchange market since October 2020 to alleviate the pressure of foreign exchange reserves.
In April this year, Argentina announced that it had reached a currency exchange agreement with the Chinese government to pay Chinese imported goods with RMB rather than the US dollar.
Argentine Central Bank also issued an announcement on Thursday (June 29), announcing that the RMB was included in the Argentine banking system allowed to access the currency, and approved the domestic banking institutions of Argentina to open RMB savings and current deposit account business.
