IMF and World Bank missions will visit Belarus in June

The missions will supposedly visit the country to evaluate the economic situation in the country.

A mission from the International Monetary Fund and representatives of the World Bank leadership will visit Minsk in June, Finance Minister Vladimir Amarin told journalists on Thursday.

The IMF said it would be willing to lend to Belarus provided efforts were made to reform its economy, REUTERS reports.

World Bank representatives are to visit Belarus soon, too, aide to the President of Belarus, head of the main economic department of the Presidential Administration Kirill Rudy said in an interview to the Russian broadcasting service Voice of America during the annual spring meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington.

“Talks have already been held with the World Bank leadership. It was an optimistic dialogue. We agreed to continue cooperation. Representatives of the World Bank expressed their intention to visit Belarus in the near future, perhaps in a month's time,” BelTA reports Kirill Rudy saying. According to him, two vice presidents of the bank are expected to visit Belarus.

 “We are currently facing certain difficulties, but it is not the only factor. It is understood that the changed situation on raw material markets and in the region has been affecting us, - the aide to the President of Belarus noted. – The IMF, however, forecasts gradual recovery of our economy in 2017.”