<p>The world's poorest nations will not have to worry about debt payments to official creditors in the Group of 20 for at least a year, Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan said Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-15-825539.html">Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths</a></strong></p>.<p>G20 finance ministers and central bankers announced a debt suspension following their virtual meeting on Wednesday, and Al-Jadaan said it means "poor countries don't need to worry about repaying over the course of the next 12 months."</p>.<p>The initiative will "provide north of $20 billion of immediate liquidity" for poor countries to use "for their health system and support their people facing COVID-19," he said in a press briefing.</p>
<p>The world's poorest nations will not have to worry about debt payments to official creditors in the Group of 20 for at least a year, Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan said Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-15-825539.html">Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths</a></strong></p>.<p>G20 finance ministers and central bankers announced a debt suspension following their virtual meeting on Wednesday, and Al-Jadaan said it means "poor countries don't need to worry about repaying over the course of the next 12 months."</p>.<p>The initiative will "provide north of $20 billion of immediate liquidity" for poor countries to use "for their health system and support their people facing COVID-19," he said in a press briefing.</p>