Go to mediabankAlexander Lukashenko. File photoMINSK, Sept. 12Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko approved a draft intergovernmental agreement with Russia on cooperation in transshipment of goods through Russian ports, the corresponding decree was published on Monday on the national legal Internet portal of the republic. «Approve the draft agreement between the government of the Republic of Belarus and the government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in the development of transportation of certain types of cargo through transport corridors passing through the territories of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, as a basis for negotiations,» the text of the decree reports. 
«Kommersant»: Russia wants to support Belarus by increasing the import of its fuel Moscow intends to sign seek an agreement on the transshipment of Belarusian foreign trade cargo through the ports of Russia. In August 2020, Lukashenka announced a possible reorientation of trade flows from the ports of the Baltic States to others. Minsk considers energy crisis in Europe a window of opportunity for Belarus
