According to BelTA, he made the corresponding statement during a working trip to the Grodno region.

“Thank God there is enough oil in the world - take it, I don’t want it. And the prices are reasonable. And there is already enough natural gas, there is a fight for the premium European and our market between the main players supplying natural gas. And there is an alternative, you can find it, ”said Lukashenko.

It is specified that this statement was addressed to the chairman of the state concern Belneftekhim Andrei Rybakov.

Earlier, Lukashenko announced the need to more actively use local fuels.