OREANDA-NEWS. July 12, 2011. Belarus’ state foreign debt went down 0.8% on the month in April 2011 to USD 10.735 billion as of June 1, 2011, an official with the Finance Ministry told reporters Monday.

In January-May, foreign debt rose 10.8%.

The government’s long-term debt accounted for 97.6% of the total foreign debt in May 2011, same as in April 2011, government’s short-term debt for 0%, no change, and foreign loans to companies’ against the government’s security for 2.4%, unchanged.

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.