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Equatorial Guinea joins borrowers’ platform as observer

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Equatorial Guinea took part as an observer country in the launch of the Borrowers’ Platform in Bangkok, with a delegation led by Minister Delegate for Finance Milagrosa Obono Angüe Nchama. The initiative brings together 30 developing countries to coordinate their position on debt, according to Realequatorialguinea.

A delegation from the Government of Equatorial Guinea, led by the Minister Delegate for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Milagrosa Obono Angüe Nchama, took part on 12 October in the official launch of the Borrowers’ Platform in Bangkok, Thailand, according to the Equatorial Guinean media outlet Realequatorialguinea.

Equatorial Guinea took part in the meeting as an observer country. Milagrosa Obono Angüe Nchama was accompanied, among others, by Rubén Edjang Bibang Oyana, director general of the Public Debt Amortisation Fund, and Berma Nzang Ndong, director general of National Planning. The meeting was held at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok.

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