Financial enablers and gatekeepers · state development bank · Belarus
Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus
بنك التنمية البيلاروسي
Commercial or professional counterparty
AGrade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
2 documented ties
Also recorded as: Belarus Development Bank; Development Bank of Belarus
A prospective lender. No loan, amount or disbursement has been reported, and the projects named are civilian (oil, agricultural machinery, grain silos, power components).
Belarus and Sudan signed a general intergovernmental agreement on export credits in Minsk on 7 May 2026 (negotiation authorised by Council of Ministers Resolution No. 169; approved by Resolution No. 443). After the joint commission's preparatory meeting on 10 August 2026, Sudan's energy ministry said discussions focused on 'securing project financing through the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus' for oil-sector studies, tractor and farm-machinery assembly, grain silos and power-industry components. No amount, tenor or guarantee has been published in the reports read.
Their response
Not applicable; both governments announced the arrangement.
Records
2
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AGrade A: Official record
Second agreement signed at the bank in Minsk; first tranche put at over US$100 million (2 October 2026)
2026-05-09 to 2026-10-02
Sudan's Ministry of Finance reported that on 2 Oct 2026 Sudan and Belarus signed 'the second part of the export financing agreement (the Basic Agreement)' at the Development Bank of Belarus in Minsk, signed by Sudan's state minister of finance and the bank's chief executive, in the presence of the director-general of the Agricultural Bank of Sudan. The state minister said the bank 'will provide in the first phase financing exceeding 100 million dollars to build 17 grain silos' and set up an assembly line for Belarusian tractors in Sudan; he also proposed a revolving loan for basic commodities, which the bank 'promised to study'. The ministry's post of 9 May 2026 on the general agreement states that the bank 'will take the role of lender'.
Why this grade
Grade A is for the fact that the page announced this. The page was identified as official by its name and content; no verification badge was detected.
Response
Bank statement not looked up for the 2 October signing.
›Research notes
Source alignment: official SAF-side channel. Grade applies to the fact that the announcement was made, not to its content. Verified page. Supplies the amount that the gap ledger recorded as missing. Stated purpose is civilian (silos, tractors). The ministry dates the general agreement to 9 May 2026 ('today'); the dossier's earlier record gives 7 May from Belarusian sources. The 10 Aug 2026 meeting lists 'petroleum' and 'electricity inputs' among cooperation files.
Belarus Development Bank - named as intended financier under the 2026 Belarus-Sudan export-credit agreement
Apr - Aug 2026
Belarus and Sudan signed a general intergovernmental agreement on export credits in Minsk on 7 May 2026 (negotiation authorised by Council of Ministers Resolution No. 169; approved by Resolution No. 443). After the joint commission's preparatory meeting on 10 August 2026, Sudan's energy ministry said discussions focused on 'securing project financing through the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus' for oil-sector studies, tractor and farm-machinery assembly, grain silos and power-industry components. No amount, tenor or guarantee has been published in the reports read.
Response
Not applicable; both governments announced the arrangement.
›Research notes
This is the only new bilateral credit line to the Port Sudan authorities found for 2025-2026. Belarus was a pre-war and 2023 arms supplier (SIPRI, first pass), and Belarusian tractors and trucks have military variants, but nothing read says the credit covers military goods. The agreement text on Belarus's National Legal Internet Portal (pravo.by) was not opened.
1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
Dated events
2
Sudan-Belarus joint commission preparatory meeting; Sudan's energy ministry says it seeks project financing from the Development Bank of Belarus. reform.news↗
BGrade B: Corroborated
Sudan and Belarus sign the second export-financing agreement at the Development Bank of Belarus in Minsk; first tranche put at over US$100m. facebook.com↗
AGrade A: Official record
1 more event below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
Geography
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Based in
Belarus
Places
Port Sudan
Position in the network
Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.