BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

14/11/2008

RF, Belarus switch to rouble operations in oil, gas exports

MOSCOW, November 14 (Itar-Tass) - Russia and Belarus agreed to switch to Russian roubles to pay for oil and gas supplies, Belarussian Vice-Premier Andrei Kobyakov said after the talks with Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin on Thursday.

He stressed that this step will be Belarus' contribution to giving a Russian rouble the status of regional currency.

In reply to the question when the parties will transfer to rouble operations Kudrin said that some companies already use roubles.

Kudrin underlined that transition to rouble operations should be a voluntary decision for companies.

Source:

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13271688&PageNum=0

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