VOL. XXXII

NO. 46

21-AUGUST-1989

Financial and Banking News

BUDGETS AND REVENUES

Jordan and Soviet Union Close to Rescheduling Debt

The Soviet Union has agreed in principle to reschedule part of Jordan's debtdue for repayment in 1989 and 1990, according to the Jordanian Deputy PrimeMinister and Minister of State for Economic Affairs, Mr. Taher al-Masri who lastweek returned from Moscow after a first round of negotiations with the SovietGovernment. In a statement to Reuters on 17 August, Mr. Masri...