MINSK, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Belarusian gold and foreign exchange reserves have reached a historic peak of 16.4 billion U.S. dollars as of March 1, the country's central bank said on Wednesday.
Belarusian gold and foreign exchange reserves increased by 665.4 million dollars in February.
The reserves are composed primarily of foreign currency assets and monetary gold. Foreign currency holdings rose to 5.92 billion dollars, and monetary gold holdings increased to 9.04 billion dollars.
These figures exceeded the central bank's monetary policy target of at least 9.2 billion dollars in international reserve assets by the end of this year. ■