OREANDA-NEWS. April 12, 2011. Belarus’ state foreign debt went up 0.6% on the month in February 2011 to USD 10.623 billion as of March 1, 2011, an official with the Finance Ministry stated on Friday.

In January-February, foreign debt rose 9.7%.

The government’s long-term debt accounted for 97.7% of the total foreign debt in February 2011, down from 98% in January 2011, government’s short-term debt for 0%, no change, and foreign loans to companies’ against the government’s security for 2.3%, up from 2%.

In 2010, the foreign debt increased 22.8% to USD 9.687 billion.

Belarus’ main creditors are the IMF, Russia, Venezuela, Germany, the U.S. and the World Bank.