21.   They said the fund had set population control as a condition for granting Peru a loan to pay its external debt, a charge that the IMF denies.

22.   Without enough dollars to make payments on its external debt, Russia would default.

23.   Worrying, too, is the weight of external debt servicing.

24.   Pakistan needs a bailout from the international lending institutions to prevent a default on the repayment of its external debt.

25.   According to a press statement, this revised outlook reflects a rising external debt burden and a growing dependence on short-term funding.

26.   Anwar was also asked by Lim to clarify on the difference in the figures for external debt as at last June provided by him and the central bank.

27.   Bulgaria has also been unappealing to foreign investors because of its large external debt.

28.   Bulgaria suffered financial losses equal to half its external debt in upholding international sanctions against Yugoslavia, he said.

29.   Capital markets are still demanding too high a risk premium for Mexican debt issues to finance all its external debt repayments, Gurria said.

30.   Chuan said the figure takes into account the baht devaluation and the external debts the Army has to pay next year.