Lukashenko wants to supply oil to Belarus via the Baltic States

Lukashenka responsible for organizing the oil supply of the Baltic countries / photo president.gov.by

The President of the Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko Doru

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Lukashenka recalled that this year it is planned to complete the modernization of two Belarusian refineries, after which the Belarussian government will examine the question of alternative means of supplying oil to the country. BelTA indicates that "I will be able to buy oil for further processing in Russia".

"I have had to deal with this for a long time, and we have to solve it: open an alternative source of oil via the ports of the Baltic, if the Lithuanians do not agree – with the Latvians, accept and buy it, he says, the Baltic States will come back cheaper than today when buying oil products at world prices. "It is possible to agree that this will be our common point. oil, which we will turn into a modernized oil refinery Novopolotsky. In addition, we have even some opportunities in this regard, "the president noted.

Lukashenka also called for not hyperbolizing the problems related to the loss of the Belarusian budget through tax maneuvers in Russia.

Remember that on December 5, Alexander Lukashenko held meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to resolve contentious issues regarding the increase of the tax on mineral extraction, the cost of Russian oil for Belarus and tariffs on Russian gas