OREANDA-NEWS. Belarus on December 22, 2014 paid another instalment of USD 79.7 million in settlement for the principal debt on the IMF standby loan, the Finance Ministry of Belarus said in a release.

As previously reported, the IMF Executive Board on March 26, 2010 gave the green light to providing Belarus with the final fifth tranche of the USD 670m standby programme launched in January 2009.

The total volume of financial resources provided by the IMF within the framework of its standby programme for Belarus stands at USD 3.46 billion.

Belarus paid the first instalment of USD 99.8 million in settlement for the principal debt on the IMF standby loan in April 2012.