“The accomplished supply of American oil is not a one-time step, but a long-term program,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
He noted that the Belarusian authorities "came to the conclusion that diversification is a vital principle."
On June 6, it was reported that the first tanker with American oil for Belarus arrived at the port of Lithuanian Klaipeda.
A spokesman for the Belarusian state concern Belneftekhim Alexander Tishchenko said Minsk plans to buy 1.58 million tons of oil from Russian oil companies in July.