“Belarus is our reliable borrower, there have not been any precedents for violation of loan repayment terms.

We believe that this is a very good borrower, ”TASS quotes Siluanov as saying.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would provide Belarus with a $ 1.5 billion loan.

Siluanov noted that Russia will provide a loan to Belarus in two stages, $ 1 billion will be issued in 2020 and $ 500 million in 2021.