Kozak told about the agreement with Belarus on gas and oil
Russian and Belarusian delegations in the negotiations in Sochi agreed on the terms of the Minsk supply of oil and gas, said Deputy head of the presidential administration Dmitry Kozak.
Russian and Belarusian delegations in the negotiations in Sochi agreed on the terms of the Minsk supply of oil and gas, said Deputy head of the presidential administration Dmitry Kozak.
according to his statement, the parties agreed to keep rules of export of natural gas to Belarus in the conditions of 2019. In addition, oil supplies to Minsk will be carried out on the previous commercial basis. The agreement extends only to 2020.
"on the previous commercial basis, because we have a common market, we have the task to eliminate the contradictions. The Russian oil market and the Belarusian oil market It is one. On the same terms on which the oil is sold on the Russian market, at the same it is sold on the Belarusian market, there is no differences, " - said the Deputy head of the presidential administration.
He also said that Minsk asked for a discount for petroleum products, however, this would mean the introduction of state regulation of the market, which is impossible.
Deputy head of administration has noticed that the prices and volumes of energy supplies will be governed by the market.
"we have dealt with only one indicator - access to the pipeline transport, when such access is provided to foreign markets in proportion to the volume of production ", - He added.
in General, Kozak described the last dialogues of the presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko as positive. He also said that the parties agreed to continue meeting at the level of governments, ministries and agencies on the improvement of the integration mechanism.
before Lukashenko mentioned many times that Minsk started to search for alternative sources of oil supplies because of the difficult negotiations with Russia on new contracts. For example, Belarus send commercial queries to Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. In addition, the head of the state Department Mike Pompeo said about the readiness of U.S. organizations to implement the Minsk oil " on 100% at a competitive price ".
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