Belarusian Finance Minister Andrey Kharkavets said
that Belarus will continue
talks with Russia
on a $500-million loan tranche. “The agreement that the Russian Federation
will provide the loan has not been cancelled. There was a request from us and
we have not changed our approaches so far,” he was quoted as saying.Russian
Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin said on the sidelines of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF)’s annual meeting in Istanbul
on October 5 that Russia
will not provide a $500-million loan to Belarus, the Vzglyad
business weekly reported.