Russia rules out Belarus supply cut

Russia has no plans to cut oil supplies to Belarus despite failing to agree terms of this year's deliveries, a Russian government source said, adding that talks would resume in early this month.

The comment will be seen as a relief in Germany and Poland, which experienced major cuts in Russian crude oil supplies in January 2007 along a pipeline running via Belarus because of a similar dispute between Moscow and Minsk.

"The talks will be continued. The Russian delegation made a series of proposals which correspond to market conditions and the ball is in the Belarussian delegation's court," the source said.

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