BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

29/01/2007

Belarus denies reports of re-taxing Russian oil

Belarus rejected on Sunday reports that it would retract an agreement reached with Russia on oil supply, according to news reports.

Such reports were damaging Belarus-Russia relations, said Pavel Legki, head of Belarus' presidential press service.

The reports in question said Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko was about to rescind the oil pact reached with Russia earlier this month, and considering, among other issues, restoring the duty on Russia's oil supply to Europe via Belarus.

A pricing dispute between the two countries late last year resulted in a suspension of oil flow to Belarus and Europe. The crisis ended on Jan. 12 with a deal in which Russia agreed to cut the duty on oil exports to Belarus, while Minsk promised to share with Moscow a substantial amount of the profits from the refined oil products it sells to Europe.

Source:

http://english.people.com.cn/200701/29/eng20070129_345680.html

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