BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

19/10/2007

Russia ready to increase oil deliveries to Belarus - Zubkov

MINSK. Oct 19 (Interfax-West) - Russia is ready to increase oil deliveries to Belarusian refineries, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said at a meeting in Minsk with his Belarusian counterpart Sergei Sidorsky on Friday.

"We are confirming our readiness to consider the question of increasing deliveries to volumes stipulated by the balance of the union state with due account to the capacities of the transportation network," he said.

The Russian Cabinet "is determined to continue constructive cooperation in the oil sector," Zubkov said.

Source:

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11890184