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Belarus to buy 1m tonnes of oil from Azerbaijan in 2021

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BAKU, 13 April (BelTA) – Belarus intends to buy one million tonnes of oil from Azerbaijan in 2021, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Azerbaijan Andrei Ravkov told journalists on 13 April, BelTA has learned.

“Plans are in place to buy one million tonnes of oil. The supplies have been steady. So far, Azerbaijan has delivered 270,000 tonnes. An oil tanker with another 90,000 tonnes is on its way,” the ambassador said.

According to Ambassador Andrei Ravkov, last year Belarus got around 800,000 tonnes of oil from Azerbaijan. The countries intend to continue developing cooperation in this field, he noted.

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