21. Last week, officials told Tong his acts might affect relations with Japan, China's biggest creditor nation . 22. Lisa later meets with the leaders of America's creditor nations , who demand that America pay them back. 23. "I encourage non-Paris Club creditor nations to agree to comparable debt reduction for Iraq, " he said. 24. Earlier this year, he clinched a deal with creditor nations partially to write off Russia's Soviet-era debt. 25. The United States is the last of the creditor nations to reach a debt accord with Vietnam. 26. Western creditor nations have been pressing Moscow to repay its Cold War-era debts to ease their budget deficits. 27. Earlier in the summit, Russia was invited to join the Paris Club, a prestigious collection of creditor nations . 28. Yeltsin also welcomed Russia's admission into the Paris Club of creditor nations , an agreement that was signed Wednesday. 29. The Paris Club is an informal group of creditor nations that seeks solutions for payment difficulties of indebted nations. 30. Britain agreed in principle to cancel half its Vietnamese debt at a meeting of creditor nations in November 1993.
