BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

17/01/2007

Belarusian Deputy Premier Says Russia Miscalculated Its Measure Of Support

Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Kabyakou disagrees with Russian President Vladimir Putin's estimates of Russia's financial support to Belarus, Belapan reported on January 16. Putin recently said that Belarusian-Russian agreements on gas and crude-oil supplies to Belarus in 2007 were in effect a subsidy of $5.8 billion to Minsk. Kabyakou said that estimate is based on "inaccurate calculations." "It is necessary to base [one's calculations] on the economy of agreements currently in force and the sides' mutual obligations for giving such assessments," Kabyakou said, recalling that Belarus and Russia have agreements on free trade. "If someone is going to fulfill one thing and not to fulfill another...the Belarusian side will naturally treat facilities on our territory in the same way. This naturally concerns both payments for land and...military facilities," Kabyakou said. AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/01/3-cee/cee-170107.asp

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