POLITICS
AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT`s SPOKESMAN COMMENTS ON BELARUS` LOAN REQUEST
Baku, June 29 (AZERTAC). Press secretary of the Azerbaijani President, Azer Gasymov, has commented in an interview with Trend information agency on a loan request by Belarus to Azerbaijan. AZERTAC presents the text of the Presidential spokesman`s comments:
In his interview with Euronews, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said his country made a request to Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev to pay off its gas debt to Russia, and that the request was granted. What can you say about it?
On June 21 Belarusian Premier Sergei Sidorsky made a request to Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade for a short-term loan to his country. It was reported to the President of the Azerbaijan Republic, and President Ilham Aliyev, having taken into account friendly relations between our countries, agreed to give loan to Belarus. Azerbaijan loaned Belarus $200 million for a term of 12 calendar days. All relative documents have been signed.
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