21 October, Minsk / Lilia Krapivina - BELTA /. Belarus accepts Russia's terms on the abolition of duties on oil, provided that it gets back duties on oil products. This was stated today to journalists by the Minister of Economy Nikolai Snopkov, BELTA correspondent reports. "How can we disagree if the basis of this issue is equal operating conditions," said the minister. According to him, "this is what we are striving for." This refers to equal operating conditions in terms of oil entry and oil product exit for Belarusian and Russian oil refineries. -0-

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