Spain to facilitate debt talks between IMF, Argentina
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Spain will act as a facilitator between Argentina and the International Monetary Fund to help the two sides reach an agreement on the South American nation's debt, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said.
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Rodrigo Rato visits Argentina next week in a key test for the IMF&#39;s new head as strains grow with the fund&#39;s third biggest borrower after the government made a risky gamble to halt its loan program.
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Spain's prime minister said on Tuesday he had drawn on the Northern Irish experience of Tony Blair for guidance in the peace process with Basque separatist guerrillas.Comment
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Spain and Britain agreed to look at revisiting European policy on Cuba &quot;so it can be more effective,&quot; Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said following talks with British counterpart Jack Straw.
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Spain's prime minister outlined on Sunday his government's program to resolve troubles in the Basque region during his first visit there since the armed separatist group ETA shattered a cease-fire in December.
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The Spanish government announced here Monday that it will write off 80 percent of Iraq's debt, or 482 million US dollars, to help rebuild the war-torn country.
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The Group of Seven major industrial nations agreed yesterday to allow tsunami-stricken countries to defer debt payments, a largely symbolic gesture but one that could boost broader debt-relief initiatives for poor nations later this year.
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EU finance ministers gather in the Netherlands Friday for informal talks likely dominated by efforts to agree on reforms to the long-strained budget rules underpinning the euro.
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The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it expects to resume formal loan talks with Argentina following the completion of the country&#39;s delayed debt exchange deal with private creditors.
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Three years after declaring the biggest default by a sovereign nation, Argentina launched a marketing blitz Wednesday urging investors worldwide to accept new terms for restructuring more than $100 billion in debt.
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Spain and Morocco are to exchange judges in a drive to combat terrorism and illegal immigration.
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France and Spain, holding annual summit talks in this northern city on Tuesday, have pledged to reach agreement on the delicate issue of the 2007-2013 EU budget, a French delegation source said.
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Argentina&#39;s leftist president called IMF head Rodrigo Rato an old-style &quot;plantation owner&quot; for trying to force the South American country to swallow free-market reforms as a condition for aid.
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The meeting is also attended by former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and former Latin American leaders.
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Spain's prime minister outlined on Sunday his government's program to resolve troubles in the Basque region during his first visit there since the armed separatist group ETA shattered a cease-fire in December.Comment
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Spain is prepared to compromise to find an institutional treaty for the European Union but expects Poland to do the same, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said after talks here Friday.
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The IMF says it will negotiate with Argentina only after a $100bn debt swap, which has already been delayed until January.