France to provide Sudan with $1.5bln bridge loan to clear arrears

PARIS - France will grant a $1.5 billion bridge loan to clear Sudan's arrears to the International Monetary Fund, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday.

"President Macron will confirm later today that France will provide the 1.5 billion dollars bridge loan to clear Sudan's arrears to the IMF", Le Maire said at a conference in Paris.

(Reporting by Matthieu Protard; Editing by Toby Chopra) ((matthieu.protard@thomsonreuters.com; +33-1-49495381;))