迪拜政府不会出售资产来为迪拜世界偿债
Dubai World To Sell Assets But Not StateDubai World may raise some of the money needed to pay down its debt by selling assets in the United Arab Emirates and overseas, a top government official said Monday.
But the emirate's government itself won't sell any assets to meet the company's obligations, Abdulrahman al Saleh, director general of Dubai's Department of Finance, said in an interview with Al Jazeera, posted on the Arabic news network's Web site.
Last week, Dubai officials detailed a proposed debt-restructuring plan affecting $26 billion in debt owed by Dubai World and some of its subsidiaries, including property developer Nakheel. At the time, it said asset sales were a possibility for lowering debt.
In its statement last week, it also made clear that subsidiaries with some of Dubai World's choicest assets, including ports-operator DP World and private-equity shop Istithmar World, weren't affected by the restructuring process and were 'on a stable financial footing.'
While Mr. Saleh appeared to suggest a broader asset sale than Dubai World has so far outlined, he also underscored Dubai's insistence that Dubai World sort out its financial trouble without government assistance for now.
'There is confusion in the media that the government plans to sell assets. The company has foreign investments and real-estate investments abroad. There is nothing to prevent selling these assets,' Mr. Saleh said.
Dubai World representatives were scheduled to meet with creditors Monday following last week's debt-restructuring statement, according to people familiar with the situation. Of immediate concern for creditors is a $3.52 billion sukuk, or Islamic bond, issued by Dubai World real-estate unit Nakheel. The debt matures Dec. 14. Unless an agreement can be reached with creditors to pay or delay that debt, the company could default.
Dubai World asked holders of its sukuk to appoint representatives to discuss restructuring. The company has also said it started initial discussions with its banks about its debt and that those talks were 'proceeding on a constructive basis.'
A Dubai World representative declined to comment Monday.
迪拜政府不会出售资产为迪拜世界偿债 迪拜财政部长萨利赫周一说，迪拜世界可能会通过出售在阿联酋和其他国家的资产筹集偿债所需的部分资金。
不过萨利赫在接受阿拉伯语新闻网络半岛电视台采访时说，迪拜政府自身不会出售任何资产为迪拜世界偿债。采访发布在半岛电视台的网站上。
上周，迪拜官员详细说明了拟议的债务重组计划；该计划将影响迪拜世界及其部分子公司所欠下的260亿美元债务，其中包括房地产开发商Nakheel。当时，迪拜政府说，出售资产或许可以减少债务。
迪拜政府上周在声明中还明确指出，拥有迪拜世界最优质资产的子公司──包括港口运营商DP World和私募股权公司Istithmar World──不会受到重组计划的影响，它们的财务状况是稳定的。
尽管萨利赫似乎是在暗示资产出售规模比迪拜世界目前提出的要大，他也强调说，迪拜政府坚持迪拜世界目前要在没有政府援助的情况下解决自身的财务问题。
他说，媒体界弄混了，它们还以为政府计划出售资产。迪拜世界有外国投资和海外房地产投资。没有什么事可以阻止出售这些资产。
据知情人士透露，在上周的债务重组声明之后，迪拜世界的代表们计划周一与债权人会面。对债权人来说，眼下的担忧是迪拜世界旗下房地产子公司Nakheel发行的35.2亿美元伊斯兰债券。这批债券将于12月14日到期。除非能与债权人就偿还或延期偿还这笔债务达成一项协议，否则该公司可能会违约。
迪拜世界要求债券持有者指定代表来协商重组事宜。该公司还说，它已经开始与银行就债务进行初步的谈判，谈判正在有建设性的基础上取得进展。
迪拜世界代表周一拒绝置评。
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