BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

09/01/2010

Russian, Belarusian vice-prime ministers to discuss oil supply terms

MOSCOW, January 9 (Itar-Tass) -- The third round of talks between Russia and Belarus on the terms of Russian oil supplies in 2010 will begin in Moscow on Saturday, January 9.

After the previous consultations on January 6-7, Minsk has decided to reinforce its team and take the talks to a higher level. The Belarusian delegation will be led by First Vice Prime Minister Alexander Semashko.

Vice Prime Minister Igor Sechin is expected to head the Russian delegation.

This basically means that the two parties have agreed key provisions of a new agreement.

The Belarusian premier's press secretary Alexander Timoshenko told Itar-Tass earlier that "if the experts agree the final version of the protocol, First Vice Prime Minister Alexander Semashko will be prepared to fly to Moscow to sign the documents."

During the previous two rounds of talks the Russian and Belarusan experts failed to approve a protocol on amendments to the inter-governmental agreement on oil supplies of January 12, 2007.

Sechin said, "Already yesterday Russia began duty-free supplies of hydrocarbons to the Belarus, Novopolotsk and Mozyr refineries : Hydrocarbon supplies to European consumers also proceed without failure."

Source:

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14704339&PageNum=0


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