[Belarus plans to abandon US dollar and euro settlement with some trading partners at the end of the year] May 25, first Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Snopkov said in a speech in Parliament on 24 May that Belarus plans to abandon the use of US dollars and euros in trade settlement with other countries in the Eurasian Economic Union by the end of 2023. The dollar and euro currently account for about 8 per cent of trade settlement between Belarus and these trading partners.