Trying to Drive Wedge Between? US Offers Belarus Oil as Country Negotiates Its Supplies With Russia
Trying to Drive Wedge Between? US Offers Belarus Oil as Country Negotiates Its Supplies With Russia
The two countries have been unable to reach a compromise on the price for deliveries for some time, with Minsk pushing for compensation due to a price hike... 01.02.2020, Sputnik International
trying to make more money off the back of your closest ally is not correct. Belarus should get a priviliged treatment, especially what energy is concerned, as the vultures are always arround to punish every dumb mistake.
siberianhusky
Belarus remember that the American can and will make and BREAK agreements whenever they step out of the wrong side of the bed in a bad mood.
The two countries have been unable to reach a compromise on the price for deliveries for some time, with Minsk pushing for compensation due to a price hike caused by changes in Russian taxation.
"Our energy producers stand ready to deliver 100% of the oil you need at competitive prices. We’re the biggest energy producer in the world and all you have to do is call us", he said.
Pompeo claimed that the US wants to help Belarus achieve "sovereignty" and "independence", despite the fact that the country acquired both back in 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The secretary of state also assured that the US knows about the country's long-term relationship with Russia, with which it is currently negotiating a new price for oil deliveries, claiming that the United States is in no way trying to force Minsk to choose between Washington and Moscow.
Russia has long been the primary source of oil for Belarus, but recently the two countries have been unable to negotiate a new price, with Minsk demanding a discount to compensate for a price change that occurred due to a so-called "tax manoeuvre" in its eastern neighbour.
The stalemate has led to a suspension of oil deliveries from Russia since 1 January 2020. Crude shipments were partially restored a few days later after Minsk reached an agreement with one Russian oil company. Additionally, Belarus has recently bought small amount of oil from Norway via a maritime route.
This is not the first time that the two countries have had disagreements on oil prices, but in the past they have always managed to reach a mutually beneficial solution. At the same time, the country's President Alexander Lukashenko has increasingly considered diversifying his country’s oil sources each time the two nations have had a disagreement, including by buying Saudi and American oil.
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