BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

30/07/2007

$1.5Bln Loan to Belarus

NEW YORK -- The government has preliminarily agreed to lend $1.5 billion to Belarus to help the country finance higher costs of Russian gas imports, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Friday, Ekho Moskvy radio reported on its web site.

Kudrin said the government has yet to approve the loan, which would result in changes to the federal budget, the report said. (Bloomberg)

Source:

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/07/30/061.html