OREANDA-NEWS. October 17, 2011. Belarus’ state foreign debt went up 2.9% on the month in August 2011 to U.S. USD 12.013 billion as of September 1, 2011, reads the website of the Finance Ministry.

In January-August, foreign debt rose 24%.

The government’s long-term debt accounted for 95.1% of the total foreign debt in August 2011 (97.8% in July 2011), the government’s short-term debt for 0% (no change), and foreign loans to companies’ against the government’s security for 4.9% (2.2%).

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 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.