Argentine officials have expressed a willingness to negotiate with holdout creditors to end their long-running bond dispute, a lawyer for the country said at a New York court hearing on Wednesday.
"I have been told the plan is to be here next week to negotiate with the holdouts to resolve this situation," the lawyer, Carmine Boccuzzi, told U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa at the hearing. Boccuzzi later said, though, that "an exchange offer is not happening at this time."
Griesa has ordered Argentina to pay $1.33 billion to the holdout creditors, who did not participate in two prior bond restructurings with the country.
Argentina has refused to pay the holdouts, raising the specter of a possible default. Argentine officials have called the holdouts "vulture fund."
The judge said at the hearing: "What I want is a legal mechanism to prevent another situation where the Republic can laugh off another judgment."
Wednesday's federal court hearing came as Argentina attempts to resolve a sovereign debt crisis that has lingered since a 2001-2002 default on $100 billion in debt.
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— By CNBC.com with wires