MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarus has not yet asked the Russian Finance Ministry to refinance a $1 billion loan, the ministry was quoted by TASS as saying on Thursday, shortly after the Belarusian leader said he had agreed such a plan with President Vladimir Putin.
But the ministry said such a request would be reviewed if and when it is made, the news agency reported.
Alexander Lukashenko said earlier he had agreed the refinancing of a $1 billion loan with President Vladimir Putin and that the issue would be discussed by the country’s prime ministers in talks on Thursday.
(Reporting by Polina Ivanova; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Sujata Rao)
