CIS finance ministers to discuss Belarus currency crisis in Kiev
11:37, 4 June 2011
KIEV. June 4. KAZINFORM Finance ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States will discuss the economic situation in the CIS member countries, including a major currency crisis in Belarus, during their meeting in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, on Saturday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
On the same day, EurAsEC, a regional economic grouping established by some ex-Soviet republics and led by Russia, will decide on the disbursement of the first $800 million bailout tranche to Belarus as part of its $3-3.5 billion loan intended to help the eastern European country tackle its currency problems.
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