Conformed Copy - L4216 - Water Supply, Sanitation and Health Project - Loan Agreement

Page 1 CONFORMED COPY LOAN NUMBER 4216 UZ Loan Agreement (Water Supply, Sanitation and Health Project) between Republic of Uzbekistan and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Dated August 29, 1997 LOAN NUMBER 4216 UZ LOAN AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated August 29, 1997, between Republic of Uzbekistan (the Borrower) and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (the Bank). WHEREAS (A) the Borrower, having satisfied itself as to the feasibility and priority of the Project described in Schedule 2 to this Agreement, has requested the Bank to assist in the financing of the Project; (B) to assist in the financing of the Project, the Borrower intends to contract: (a) a loan from Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (Kuwait Fund) in an amount equivalent to about $20,000,000; and (b) a loan from Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) of the Federal Republic of Germany in an amount equivalent to about $9,000,000; and WHEREAS the Bank has agreed, on the basis, inter alia, of the foregoing, to extend the Loan to the Borrower upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; NOW THEREFORE the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I Page 2 General Conditions; Definitions Section 1.01. The