Belarus Fin Min: 8 pct is fair yield for Eurobond

MINSK | Wed Dec 9, 2009 5:09am EST

MINSK Dec 9 (Reuters) - Belarus sees 8 percent as a fair yield for the debut Eurobond issue it plans in 2010, Finance Minister Andrei Kharkovets said on Wednesday.

"Some countries with comparable ratings have entered the market...A price of around 8 percent -- in principle, that is a fair price," Kharkovets told reporters.

Belarus plans to issue at least $500 million of Eurobonds and is in talks with Sberbank SBER03.MM, Russia's biggest lender, on the organisation of the issue. [ID:nGEE5B22EJ] (Reporting by Andrei Makhovsky; Writing by Toni Vorobyova; editing by Maria Kiselyova)

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