October 27, 2009 - 15:29 AMT
Belarus ratifies the treaty establishing EurAsEC Anti-Crisis Fund
Belarusian parliament on October 27 ratified the Treaty on the establishment of the Anti-Crisis Fund EurAsEC . The first deputy finance minister of Belarus Vladimir Amarin recalled that the document was signed at a meeting of the EurAsEC Interstate Council in Moscow in June. The fund will reach USD 10 billion. Russia will contribute about USD 7,5 billion, Kazakhstan - USD $ 1 billion, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia - USD 1 million each, Belarus will make a USD 10 million coontribution,  ITAR-TASS reports.