DATE:
24/06/2009
MINSK, June 24 (Reuters) - Ex-Soviet Belarus, which has been seeking improved relations with the West, has requested financial assistance from the European Union, its finance minister said on Wednesday.
"We have made a request on this matter to EU structures and are waiting for a reaction," Andrei Kharkovets told reporters. "We believe that over the next 10 days we will have the first results of an examination of our request and a first reaction."
Kharkovets did not say what sum authorities had requested from the 27-nation bloc. (Reporting by Andrei Makhovsky, writing by Ron Popeski; editing by Stephen Nisbet)
Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8574358
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