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Belarus cancels purchase of coronavirus test kits from Russia citing delays and poor quality
Belarus will not buy 30,000 Russian-made coronavirus test kits due to stalled negotiations and their poor accuracy, said Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei.
"We were in talks with two Russian companies to acquire 30,000 units, but these negotiations have stalled. And now we do not need these test kits: we produce test kits ourselves, and about 50,000 more. We have also received test kits from other countries," Makei told the news outley tut.by.
In addition, the Minister noted that …
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Lukashenko: deeper integration between Belarus and Russia is possible only on equal terms
Belarus is ready to negotiate deeper integration with Russia only on equal terms, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in an interview with the Belarusian TV and radio company Mir.
Lukashenko was asked how he sees the development of the Union State with Russia. In response, he said that “Minsk has never refused and does not refuse now any paragraph of the Treaty on the creation of the Union State and is ready to follow its provisions with the "iron concrete" observance of the …
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Lukashenko does not object to single currency with Russia
Minsk is not against the single currency in the union state with Russia, but it should be a neutral currency, said the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in an interview with the MIR TV channel.
According to Lukashenko, Belarus does not refuse any items of the treaty on the creation of a union state with Russia.
"Even take the most serious, which is being discussed today. Let's say a single currency. We are not against a single currency, but it alone should be a neutral currency. This …
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Belarus will start buying Russian oil at $4 per barrel
The Prime Minister of Belarus Sergey Rumas announced announced that Minsk will start purchasing Russian oil at only $4 per barrel.
"Today, I think Belneftekhim will finish negotiations with Russian companies on oil supplies for April. We expect to receive 2 million tons," the BelTA news agency quoted Rumas as saying.
Rumas stressed that the deliveries will be carried out without extra surcharges.
"The hard and consistent attitude of the head of state to buy Russian oil without a premium in …
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Lukashenko not worried about NATO exercises near Belarus borders
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko held a meeting with the country’s security forces, discussing the response to NATO's military exercises "Defender Europe 2020", reports Belta news agency.
"I wouldn't want us to look at it as saber-rattling. We do not consider NATO exercises, which are conducted in close proximity to our borders, as such. It is also because they [ NATO] have significantly deviated from their original plans," Lukashenko stressed.
He also expressed confidence that …
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Russia to close border with Belarus
The traffic restrictions through border crossings, which will come into force on March 30, extend to the land section of the border with Belarus, according to the Russian Government’s decree, signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
Mishustin announced the plans to restrict the travel through the border of Russia and Belarus to prevent the spread of the coronavirus on March 16, but the decree was adopted on March 27 and published only on Saturday.
According to the document, it will be …
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Russia resumes oil supplies to Belarus
Russian oil giant Rosneft announced that it is resuming oil supplies to Belarus on the terms initially requested by Minsk, that is with a premium of $5 per ton, reported the news agency Interfax with reference to the representatives of the company.
"The company confirms that the decision to resume deliveries to Belarus was made on the terms that we initially offered to the Belarusian side, that is, with a premium of $5 per ton," the representative of the Russian company said.
Belarus has been …
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Lukashenko: Russia is 'engulfed with coronavirus'
"Russia is engulfed with coronavirus. The situation in Belarus is calm," said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko commenting on Moscow's decision to close the border with Belarus because of the coronavirus pandemic.
"So, who should be isolated from whom. The question is rhetorical," the Belarusian news agency BELTA quoted Lukashenko as saying.
"There are a lot of challenges. You see: the world is crazy about coronavirus or maybe based on all the speculations on coronavirus. But for us, …
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Russia closes its borders with Belarus
Russia is closing its borders with Belarus for passenger traffic because of coronavirus pandemic, said Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, as quoted by TASS.
"We have also decided to close the border with Belarus, we have taken a number of other pre-emptive steps," he said. "We will continue to do everything to protect our country from this new threat, to act ahead of time, to take exhaustive measures to prevent, first of all, mass spread of coronavirus."
According to World Health …
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Belarus refuses to ‘integrate’ with Russia until oil issues are resolved
There is no point in working on road maps for Belarus' integration with Russia until the oil issues are resolved, stated the Foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei, as cited by BelTA.
"Let's first solve the issue with oil supplies, and then we will continue to think," Makei suggested.
Earlier, Russian and Belarusian presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko decided to create an intergovernmental working group on the development of integration. It was planned that 31 roadmaps …