IMF's European department director Marek Belka expected in Minsk

Marek Belka, IMF's European Department director, will visit Belarus on August 24-26. He is expected to meet with the country's leadership, but Alexander Lukashenka has been "on a working visit in the Russian city of Sochi", according to official sources. The Interfax news agency reminds that a mission from IMF has been in Belarus since August 18. It will hold a seminar on August 25 titled "The Prospects and Measures for the Return to a High Economic Growth".