Baku, Azerbaijan, February 8
Trend:
S&P Global Ratings assigned a long-term credit rating for liabilities in foreign currency to the planned issue of priority unsecured bonds denominated in US dollars at BB-, Trend reports with reference to the agency.
These bonds will be issued by Uzbek Government (BB- / Stable / B). The exact size of the issue and the interest rate, like other details, will be determined during the placement.
“The bonds are direct unconditional unsecured debt obligations of a sovereign government and have equal conditions of issue with other unsecured debt sovereign obligations,” the agency said.
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