He stated this during the "Big Conversation with the President."
"If the Russians helped us with lending through this Eurasian bank, they would be grateful only in connection with the pandemic," TASS quotes him.
Lukashenko said that Belarus was counting on aid in the amount of about $ 1 billion from the International Monetary Fund to overcome the consequences of the pandemic.
According to him, this was prevented by the Belarusian opposition, which called not to sponsor the regime.
“And this money under the covid has already spent one and a half billion on the treatment of people.
It would have been good support if it hadn't been singled out.
Therefore, we would be grateful, I told [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, if we [received a loan] through the Eurasian Bank, ”the Belarusian president said.
Earlier, Lukashenka said that he supports the introduction of responsibility for calls for sanctions against Belarus and is ready to submit a corresponding bill to parliament.