据国外媒体6月19日巴格达报道，伊拉克政府总理阿巴迪的金融政策顾问萨利赫日前在巴格达表示，伊拉克计划利用国际货币基金组织提供的贷款在今年年底前解决其拖欠外国石油公司的所有欠款问题。
萨利赫在采访中说，这个决定是伊拉克政府上周批准的众多措施中的一项措施，这项措施就是从国际货币基金组织在今后3年里获得54亿美元贷款。
萨利赫没有透露具体欠款数，但是，业内人士去年曾估计伊拉克拖欠外国石油公司数十亿美元债务。
在两年前油价暴跌导致了收入大幅下降、财政赤字扩大以及推迟支付外国石油公司以后，这个欧佩克国家一直在寻求从国际社会获得财政支持。
原文如下：
Iraq plans to pay arrears owed to oil companies by end of 2016
WEnews.com
June 19, 2016
Baghdad
Iraq plans to settle all arrears owed to foreign oil companies by the end of the year, as provided by an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, said Mudher Salih, an advisor on financial policy to Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi.
The decision is among measures approved last week by the government to secure $5.4 billion in loans over three years from the IMF, Salih said in an interview in Baghdad.
He didn't disclose the outstanding amount, but it was estimated last year at several billion dollars.
The OPEC nation sought budget support from the international community after a collapse in oil prices two years ago caused its revenue to drop, widening a public deficit and delaying payments to foreign oil producers.
