OREANDA-NEWS. September 14, 2012. Belarus' state foreign debt went down 0.89% on the month in July 2012 to USD 13.6 billion as of August 1, 2012 by the International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination Standards, reads the website of the Finance Ministry.

The government's long-term debt accounted for 87.7% of the total foreign debt in July 2012 (88% in June), the government's short-term debt for 0% (no change), and foreign loans to companies' against the government's security for 12.3% (12%).

In 2011, the foreign debt increased 38.3% to USD 13.4 billion.

Belarus' main creditors are the IMF, Russia, Venezuela, Germany, the U.S. and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.