2023-04-11 13:32:32 来源:Xinhua
BEIJING,April10(Xinhua)--ChinaisnotthesourceofAfricancountries""debttrap,"butapartnertohelpthemandotherdevelopingcountriestoescapethe"povertytrap,"aspokespersonfortheChineseforeignministrysaidMonday.
SpokespersonWangWenbinmadetheremarksinresponsetoaccusationslevelledagainstChinabysomeseniorU.S.officialsandWorldBankofficialsregardingAfrica"sdebtissue.
"Thoseaccusationshavenofactualbasis,"Wangsaid."ChinaattachesgreatimportancetoAfrica"sdebtissueandhelpsAfricancountriestocopewithit.ChinahascontributedmoretotheDebtServiceSuspensionInitiative(DSSI)thananyotherGroupof20(G20)members."
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AccordingtothelatestresearchbytheChina-AfricaResearchInitiativeatJohnsHopkinsUniversity,Chinahascontributed63percentofthedebtservicesuspensionsundertheDSSI.TheresearchfoundthatChinahasbeenactiveincommunicatingwithotherparticipatingparties,andhasperformeditsdutiesineffectivelyimplementingtheDSSI,thespokespersonsaid.
WangquotedNigeria"sVicePresidentYemiOsinbajoasdescribingWesterngovernments"concernovertheso-called"Chinadebttrap"asanoverreaction.
Accordingtohim,AfricannationsarerightlyunapologeticabouttheirclosetiestoChina.Africaneedstheloansandinfrastructure.ChinashowsupwhereandwhentheWestwillnotorarereluctant.
Chinahasalwaysbeencommittedtoprovidingsupportfortheeconomicandsocialdevelopmentofdevelopingcountries,includingAfricancountries,Wangsaid.
Ithascarriedoutinvestmentandfinancingcooperationwithotherdevelopingcountriesbasedontheprincipleofequalityandmutualbenefit,andhasalwaysdoneitsbesttohelpthemreducedebtburdens,headded.
HesaidsomepoliticiansintheUnitedStatesandotherWesterncountriesusevariousnarrativetrapstodisruptandunderminethecooperationbetweenChinaandotherdevelopingcountries.
"Theirgimmickshavebeendebunkedandtheynowfinditmoredifficulttogetaudienceindevelopingcountriesandthelargerinternationalcommunity,"Wangsaid.
AccordingtotheWorldBank"sInternationalDebtStatistics,multilateralfinancialinstitutionsandcommercialcreditorsholdnearlythree-quartersofAfrica"stotalexternaldebt.TheWorldBankandtheInternationalMonetaryFund(IMF)accountfornearly70percentofthetotaldebtheldbymultilateralfinancialinstitutions,thespokespersonadded.
WangsaidthattheUnitedStatesisthelargestshareholderoftheWorldBankandtheIMF,andthefinancialcapitalfromtheUnitedStatesandEuropeisthelargestcommercialcreditorofAfricancountries.
Therefore,hesaid,theUnitedStatesisduty-boundtoparticipateinAfrica"sdebtrelief.
"WeurgetheUnitedStatestoshoulderitsresponsibilities,andmakegreatereffortstoadvancethesubstantiveparticipationofmultilateralfinancialinstitutionsandcommercialcreditorsindealingwithAfrica"sdebtissue,"hesaid.
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