Astana, Minsk to cooperate in oil refining sphere - A. Lukashenko
ASTANA. May 24. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ Astana and Minsk will cooperate in the sphere of oil refining. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made it public today in Astana.
'We reached new levels of cooperation. In a long term, it is oil refining. We are very interested in it. It will allow us to diversify the supplies of oil and petroleum products to Belarus,' A. Lukashenko said at the briefing that was held upon the completion of the talks with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.
A. Lukashenko also noted that Belarus could offer Kazakhstan cooperation in the sphere of petroleum chemistry. 'This sphere is well developed in our country. I am confident that it is interesting for Kazakhstan and you can rely on us,' he added.