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Russia is ready to discuss with Belarusian partners the issue of refinancing the republic’s debt obligations. This statement was made by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, RBC reports.
According to him, Russia, under the conditions of restrictions “that have affected our neighbor,” sees the need for support in refinancing Belarus’ debt obligations to external creditors, primarily to the Russian Federation.
“We are here ready to consider the proposals of the Belarusian partners,” Siluanov added.
The publication explains that we are talking about refinancing the main debt of Belarus to the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development and Russia. According to the head of the Ministry of Finance, this year it needs a little less than $1 billion.
As for the plans of the Belarusian authorities to apply to the EFSD for a loan of $3.5 billion (266 billion rubles), according to the minister, the fund does not have such money. Siluanov indicated that Moscow would decide in what proportion credit support could be provided to Belarus through the EFSD and/or Russian state loans.
By the way, earlier today, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin spoke about the amount of 300 billion rubles, which is necessary to provide housing for 299 thousand orphans.
“For understanding, we spend 35 billion rubles a year on Clean Water, and 10 billion rubles on solving all housing problems. Let’s decide in the budget how much money we will add to this,” he said.
Source: Rosbalt
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