DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar’s ruler has asked the government to postpone US$8.2 billion in unawarded contracts on capital expenditure projects due to the coronavirus outbreak, a bond prospectus showed.
The spread of the coronavirus may continue to negatively impact the Qatari economy and financial markets and could lead to a recession, the Gulf state also said in the document, dated April 7.
Qatar on Tuesday started marketing a triple-tranche US dollar-denominated bond.
___
Reporting by Davide Barbuscia and Saeed Azhar; editing by John Stonestreet
Image: General view of a empty kids playground, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Doha, Qatar March 17, 2020. (REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo)
