Belarus says compromise found in Russia oil row

MINSK, Jan 10 (Reuters) Belarus today said that a compromise has been found to resume exports of Russian crude oil via the Druzhba oil pipeline system, halted for three days by a trade dispute.

President Alexander Lukashenko's office said the compromise was reached in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. A Kremlin official declined immediate comment.

''As a result of the discussion, a compromise was found which will make it possible to unblock this dead-end situation, including concerning the transit of Russian oil to European countries,'' Lukashenko's office said in a statement.

The prime ministers of both countries have been instructed to hammer out proposals to end the dispute and present them to Lukashenko and Putin on Friday, the statement added.

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