Kigali, Monday 29 March 2021 – President Kagame has on Monday attended the high-level meeting of Heads of State and Government on the international debt architecture and liquidity. The meeting was jointly convened by the Secretary-General of United Nations, António Guterres, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, and Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness.

In his remarks, President Kagame said that modernising the international debt architecture should not be seen as merely a Covid emergency measure. It is a long-overdue discussion that goes to the heart of the inequalities that continue to bedevil the world.

President Kagame proposed Kagame some measures that should be considered by the international community to ensure effective Covid-19 recovery and extending the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative and a new issuance of Special Drawing Rights would enhance liquidity.

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