“A tanker started loading yesterday at the port of Beaumont (Texas). Departure from the port is scheduled for May 17. Arrival in Klaipeda (port of Lithuania) - in early June, ”RIA Novosti quotes the words of the press secretary of the Belarusian state concern Belneftekhim Alexander Tishchenko.
He noted that oil will be delivered from Klaipeda to Belarus by rail for processing at the Naftan enterprise in the Vitebsk region.
Earlier, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said that the United States began supplying oil to the Belarusian side.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the first batch of American oil will be sent to Belarus this week.