“We started testing these routes, we want to see what happens in reality. What losses we will have in comparison with the current price of Russian oil. This is not a bluff, this is not what, as they say there, Lukashenko raises the stakes before the negotiations. No bets. We just look at what we will have, how much we will lose at the same time, ”BelTA quotes Lukashenko.
Earlier, the Belarusian leader said that Minsk would strive to supply 30-40% of the required oil volumes from the Russian market. He noted that 30% must be imported from the Baltic, another 30% - through Ukraine, which is already a "proven" way.
On January 14, Belarus announced that Minsk had sent commercial offers on oil imports to Ukraine, Poland, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and the Baltic countries.