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Union State

09.03.2010

The problem of cooperation between Belarus and Russia in fuel and energy area can be included in the agenda of the meeting of the Union State Council of Ministers

Such a statement was made by State Secretary of the Union State V.Khrol during the press conference in Minsk. He also noted that it requires a meeting between vice-premiers of Belarus and Russia where they could consider the oil question.

Such a statement was made by State Secretary of the Union State V.Khrol during the press conference in Minsk. He also noted that it requires a meeting between vice-premiers of Belarus and Russia where they could consider the oil question.

“This problem implicates some principled stands so it should be addressed not at the expert level but at the level of vice-premiers,” noted V.Khrol. “The working group under the chairmanship of First Vice-Premier of Belarus V.Semashko and Vice-Premier of Russia I.Sechin didn’t manage to achieve a compromise. The programme of cooperation between Belarus and Russia in fuel and energy area is included in the agenda, but it hasn’t been worked through yet,” he added.

V.Khrol also said that one more item on the agenda of the forthcoming council of ministers – the removal of customs control to the external border of the Union State – will be considered at the border itself that is at the customs station “Kozlovichi”.