His remarks followed a statement by Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko the previous day, who said that his country had borrowed the money it needs to settle its debt to Gazprom, which would happen "shortly".
Njegove su izjave uslijedile nakon što je bjeloruski predsjednik Aleksander Lukashenko dan ranije izjavio kako je njegova zemlja pozajmila potreban novac za podmirenje duga Gazpromu te će to i učiniti "ubrzo".