OREANDA-NEWS. December 15, 2009. Belarus plans to take over 3.2 trillion Belarusian rubles (Br)’ worth of foreign loans in 2010, according to the explanatory note of the Finance Ministry accompanying the budget bill for 2010.

Loans of international finance organizations are projected at 2.3 trillion rubles, including a 2.1 trillion-ruble loan from the IMF.

Also, a loan from the IBRDis expected to be taken in 2010, amounting to185.8 billion rubles, which includes a loan for Chernobyl-affected regions rehabilitation program, amounting to 56.8 billion rubles, a loan for the social infrastructure retrofitting program, to the amount of 27.9 billion rubles, loan to develop water supply and disposal systems, worth 58.1 billion rubles, and a loan to support the energy efficiency program, amounting to 43 billion rubles.

Loans of foreign states and other foreign loans are projected at 927.2 billion rubles.

This includes Chinese loans to finance the reconstruction of Minsk TETs-5, at 247.6 billion rubles, and construction of three cement-making lines, worth 651.8 billion rubles.