Belarus scraps duties on Russian oil transit

MINSK, Jan 10 (Reuters) Belarussian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said today his government has scrapped transit duties on Russian oil, paving the way for the resumption of crude supplies to Europe.

Sidorsky said he would fly to Moscow tomorrow and expected the Russian side to respond by lifting all restrictions in its trade relations with Minsk.

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