Belarus purchased the first batch of oil from the Saudi Aramco oil company. This was reported to reporters by the press secretary of the state concern Belneftekhim Alexander Tishchenko.
“Belarus purchased the first batch of oil with a volume of 80 thousand tons from the oil company Saudi Aramco,” TASS quoted him as saying.
The arrival of the tanker is expected in the port of Lithuania – Klaipeda – on May 11.
Earlier, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered to create a serious supply of oil and fuel in the country for unforeseen cases.