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Helping hand from China to Spain

China’s Vice Premier Li Keqiang has said his country is willing to buy about 6 billion euros ($7.9 billion) of Spanish public debt, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Thursday, citing government sources.

The sources told El Pais Li had said at a meeting that China is willing to buy as much Spanish public debt as Greek and Portuguese debt combined. They said that added up to about 6 billion euros in Spanish government bonds.

Li leaves Madrid today, where he has been on a three-day visit, before visiting the United Kingdom and Germany. The report echo remarks by Li earlier this week, although the report is the first to give a figure.

“China is a responsible, long-term investor in the European financial market and particularly in Spain, and we have confidence in the Spanish financial market, which has meant the acquisition of its public debt, something which we will continue to do in the future,” Li wrote in an editorial in El Pais on Monday.

Spain has come under increasing pressure from international debt markets on concerns it may be forced to follow Greece and Ireland and seek an EU or International Monetary Fund bailout, but while bond yields have risen, demand for Spanish debt remains solid.

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