Yellen says critically important to restructure Zambia debt

LUSAKA (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday during a visit to Zambia that it was critically important to restructure Zambia's debt.

Yellen added that Zambia's debt overhang was a drag on its whole economy and that China had been a barrier to reaching a resolution on the southern African country's debt problem.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Writing by Anait Miridzhanian; Editing by Alexander Winning)