Belarus premier hopes to borrow from Russia and China to implement infrastructure projects
<p> MINSK, Feb 12 - PrimePress. Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko eyes Russia and China as lenders for Belarus’ infrastructure projects. </p> <p> </p> <p> “You (Western and international banks – editor’s note) do not want to give money for this (infrastructure projects – editor’s note), we don’t mind. We will find where to get it. There is Russia, China, other Asian states. We will find the money, there is money in places other than the West and across the Atlantic. I would advise not to worry about it," Golovchenko said on 12 February in an interview to the state TV channel Belarus 1. </p> <p> </p> <p> After the presidential election of August 9, 2020, which was won for the sixth time by Alexander Lukashenko, who, according to the Central Election Commission, collected 80.1% of the vote, mass opposition protests began in the country, which were suppressed by the security forces with riot control weapons. The protests are still going on. </p> <p> </p> <p> The opposition seeks sanctions against the Belarusian authorities. Western countries, particularly the European Union (EU) states, have imposed personal sanctions against a number of Belarusian officials, accusing them of violence against protesters and falsification of the presidential election results. The EU has successively prepared and imposed three sanctions lists, which already include a number of Belarusian officials, including Lukashenko, and several organisations. The European Parliament has recommended the European Commission to freeze transfers of EU funds to state-owned and state-controlled entities in Belarus and to stop financing the Belarusian government through the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. End </p> <p> </p>
2021-02-13
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Belarus premier hopes to borrow from Russia and China to implement infrastructure projects
MINSK, Feb 12 - PrimePress. Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko eyes Russia and China as lenders for Belarus’ infrastructure projects.
“You (Western and international banks – editor’s note) do not want to give money for this (infrastructure projects – editor’s note), we don’t mind. We will find where to get it. There is Russia, China, other Asian states. We will find the money, there is money in places other than the West and across the Atlantic. I would advise not to worry about it," Golovchenko said on 12 February in an interview to the state TV channel Belarus 1.
After the presidential election of August 9, 2020, which was won for the sixth time by Alexander Lukashenko, who, according to the Central Election Commission, collected 80.1% of the vote, mass opposition protests began in the country, which were suppressed by the security forces with riot control weapons. The protests are still going on.
The opposition seeks sanctions against the Belarusian authorities. Western countries, particularly the European Union (EU) states, have imposed personal sanctions against a number of Belarusian officials, accusing them of violence against protesters and falsification of the presidential election results. The EU has successively prepared and imposed three sanctions lists, which already include a number of Belarusian officials, including Lukashenko, and several organisations. The European Parliament has recommended the European Commission to freeze transfers of EU funds to state-owned and state-controlled entities in Belarus and to stop financing the Belarusian government through the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. End