{"id":111522,"date":"2024-10-28T17:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T14:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111522\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"russia-to-represent-belarus-in-world-bank-a-dent-to-reputation-diplomat","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111522\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia to represent Belarus in World Bank \u2013 a dent to reputation \u2013 diplomat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 28, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Russia will take over from Turkey on November 1 as the representative of Belarus\u2019 interests in the World Bank (WB), <em>TASS<\/em> reported citing WB Executive Director Roman Marshavin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the WB has frozen all assistance to Belarus, the latter will be increasingly perceived as Russia\u2019s satellite, Valer Kavale\u016dski, a former diplomat who worked at the WB Group in Washington, told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRussia will represent Belarus together with Syria \u2013 there were probably no other members willing to take on this role,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus moves to Russia\u2019s fold from the WB group that also includes Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WB stopped its programs in Belarus days after Russian troops invaded Ukraine from the country\u2019s territory in February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WB in October 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/news\/press-release\/2022\/10\/17\/world-bank-places-loans-to-the-republic-of-belarus-in-non-performing-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">categorized<\/a> all loans that the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) had extended to Belarus as nonperforming because they were more than six months overdue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of October 14, 2022, overdue payments owed by Belarus amounted to $68.43-million equivalent. The principal amount outstanding on IBRD loans is US$967 million, or 0.42 percent of IBRD\u2019s total outstanding loans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WB has not extended any loans to Belarus since May 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44188\/\">World Bank labels Belarus\u2019 loans non-performing, cites overdue payments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 28, Pozirk.&nbsp;Russia will take over from Turkey on November 1 as the representative of Belarus\u2019 interests in the World Bank (WB), TASS reported citing WB Executive Director Roman Marshavin. 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