BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

20/12/2006

Raised gas prices not to shake Belarus fin market

MINSK, December 20 (Itar-Tass) -- The expected Russian gas price increase and the duties on Russian oil to be imposed from January 1 will not shake the Belarussian financial market, National Bank Head Pyotr Prokopovich said on Wednesday.

The Belarussian rouble is stable national currency and it will remain the same next year irrespective of external factors, he stressed.

The government and National Bank will ensure social and economic development rates planned for next year. The envisaged rates are aimed first of all at ensuring a normal standard of life for citizens, the chief banker said.

Source:

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11100831&PageNum=0