OREANDA-NEWS. May 12, 2011. Belarus’ state foreign debt went up 0.4% on the month in March 2011 to USD 10.666 billion as of April 1, 2011, an official with the Finance Ministry stated.

In January-March, foreign debt rose 10.1%.

The government’s long-term debt accounted for 97.6% of the total foreign debt in April 2011, down from 97.7% in February 2011, government’s short-term debt for 0%, no change, and foreign loans to companies’ against the government’s security for 2.4%, up from 2.3%.

In 2010, the foreign debt increased 22.8% to USD 9.687 billion.

Belarus’ main creditors are the IMF, Russia, Venezuela, Germany, the U.S. and the World Bank.