	u s says no pact on relief for poorest states there is no consensus so far among industrial countries on an agreement providing debt relief for the world s poorest nations a senior u s treasury official said the official said there has not been a consensus reached yet when asked about reports the paris club of western creditors had agreed to long term stretch outs of african debt at concessional  rates the official briefing reporters on this week s semiannual imf meetings said the issue would be discussed this week and the u s had an open mind on the proposal but it did object to concessional  rate relief reuter 
