Mirette Magdy 报道 卡塔尔与全球最大债券结算系统之一达成协议，用于本地债务工具的结算，这是这个海湾阿拉伯国家为吸引更多海外投资者而采取的举措之一，因为伊朗战争正冲击其经济。
Qatar reached an agreement with one of the world’s biggest bond-clearing systems for the settlement of local-debt instruments, part of a drive by the Gulf Arab country to attract more overseas investors as the Iran war hits the economy.
欧洲结算银行和卡塔尔中央银行周一表示，将建立一条新的结算渠道，用于以里亚尔计价的传统政府债券和苏克（伊斯兰债券的一种）。这将使外国投资者更容易投资卡塔尔证券，因为他们以前必须通过当地银行进行操作。
Euroclear Bank SA and the Qatari central bank on Monday said they would establish a new settlement link for rial-denominated conventional government bonds and sukuk, a type of Islamic debt. That should make it easier for foreigners, who perviously had to go through a local bank, to invest in Qatari securities.
根据央行和总部位于布鲁塞尔的欧洲结算银行发布的联合声明，这一决定将“显著增强对卡塔尔国内资本市场的准入”。
The decision will “significantly enhance access to Qatar’s domestic capital market,” according to a joint statement by the central bank and Brussels-based Euroclear.
达成该协议之际，作为世界上最富有的国家之一，卡塔尔正因伊朗实际上封锁霍尔木兹海峡，导致今年液化天然气出口大幅下降而陷入困境。这是卡塔尔液化天然气供应进入全球市场的唯一出口。
The agreement comes as Qatar, one of the world’s richest countries, struggles with exports of liquefied natural gas down significantly this year because of Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. That’s the only outlet for Qatari supplies of LNG onto global markets.
该国还多次成为伊朗无人机和导弹的袭击目标，造成数十亿美元的损失，包括其主要液化天然气出口设施受损。根据彭博社调查的经济学家预测，卡塔尔经济在2026年可能萎缩12.4%。这是调查中所有国家中最差的预测，与科威特并列。卡塔尔在4月至6月期间录得近十年来最大的季度预算赤字。
The country has also been targeted many times by Iranian drones and missiles, causing billions of dollars-worth of damage, including to its main LNG export facility. Qatar’s economy will probably contract 12.4% in 2026, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg. That’s the worst forecast, alongside Kuwait, among all the countries in the survey. Qatar posted its widest quarterly budget deficit in almost a decade between April and June.
该国政府信用评级为AA级（标普全球评级），与英国和韩国持平，仍保持着良好的国际债券市场融资渠道。上个月，它筹集了30亿美元，该交易吸引了近80亿美元的需求。欧洲结算银行为数十个国家提供国内外证券的结算和托管服务。
The government, rated AA by S&P Global Ratings, the same as the UK and South Korea, retains good access to the international bond market. Last month, it raised $3 billion, with the deal drawing almost $8 billion of demand. Euroclear provides settlement and custody of domestic and international securities for dozens of countries.
“我们正在为投资者创造更多机遇，鼓励更广泛的参与，并夯实金融市场可持续增长的基础，”卡塔尔央行副行长艾哈迈德·本·哈立德·本·艾哈迈德·阿勒萨尼在声明中表示。
“We are creating greater opportunities for investors, encouraging broader participation, and strengthening the foundations for sustainable growth in the financial market,” Qatar’s deputy central bank governor, Ahmed bin Khalid bin Ahmed Al Thani, said in the statement.
Euroclear首席执行官瓦莱丽·厄尔班表示，该协议将有助于“简化市场准入、增强流动性并提升卡塔尔对全球投资者的吸引力。”
Valerie Urbain, Euroclear’s chief executive officer, said the agreement would help “simplify market access, enhance liquidity and strengthen Qatar’s appeal to global investors.”