Belarus will receive $3 billion from CIS, Azarov says
2011-06-06 14:40:07
Belarus will receive from the CIS Anti-Crisis Fund a bailout loan of $3 billion. Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said this in an UKRINFORM interview, commenting on the meeting of the Council of CIS finance ministers, which took place in Kyiv on Saturday.
"Ukraine's participation in the meeting of Commonwealth Finance Ministers is extremely important with respect to at least a rather significant CIS bailout fund, which now will provide emergency financial assistance to Belarus at a rate of about 3 billion dollars," Azarov said.
According to him, the decision to provide assistance to Belarus, including financial, is essential