
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko intends to continue negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the terms of the supply of Russian oil in the republic. This was reported by the Belarusian State Agency "BelTA".
“I tell Putin: okay, we won’t discuss on the phone, you will finish the events - the message to the Federal Assembly there and so on, meet you and at the table will see what we can go out and what we can reach,” Lukashenko said.
Earlier, the President of Belarusia has repeatedly said that Russian oil prices caused the latest disagreements between Minsk and Moscow. According to Lukashenko, Belarus buys raw materials at prices more than world. Lukashenko stated that Minsk is negotiating oil procurement, including with the United States, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
In addition, according to Lukashenko, the conflict of Minsk and Moscow in the field of energy supply is associated with the previous composition of the Russian government.