“Speaking of an agreement on oil and the oil market, the Russian side agreed that Belarusian refineries would buy oil by agreement with Russian oil companies at prices that are set on the world market,” he said, commenting on the summit talks in Sochi, which took place on February 7th. The words of Cool are BelTA.
The Deputy Prime Minister added that Belneftekhim and oil refineries will continue to work with "absolutely all subjects of the Russian oil market."
“Literally next week we will begin such negotiations,” said Krutoy.
On February 7, the presidents of Russia and Belarus, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, began negotiations in Sochi in an expanded format. According to the deputy head of the presidential administration Dmitry Kozak, the talks were held in a positive manner.
The Russian Ministry of Energy called the commercial issue of oil supplies to Belarus a commercial one. Lukashenko noted that Minsk is ready to buy oil from Russia at world prices, however, in Moscow, as he pointed out, they insist on premiums beyond that.