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Liputan6.com, Moscow: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko held talks on issues of immediate delivery of crude oil. Xinhua quoted Similarly, on Sunday (4 / 4). According to the statement of First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, who met with Lukashenko in Minsk on Friday to discuss this issue, told the Russian news agency Interfax that, experts will work to prepare the meeting of presidents of both countries, where this issue will be discussed in more detail.

"We're preparing for the visit President of Belarus to Russia," he added. During the meeting which took place, Lukashenko hopes both sides can reach an agreement about certain things as quickly as possible, while Shuvalov said the two countries would continue their talks in Moscow that are relevant.

On March 25 and the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to Belarus Economic Court of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) against Russia over the export tax imposed on petroleum products supplied to Belarus since January 1, 2010. Minsk claimed that Russian crude oil export duty and petrochemical products should be presented with a bilateral agreement, but Moscow insists that the liabilities are in accordance with Russian legislation. (Job)