Go to the media bankKrasnoe customs checkpoint on the border between Russia and Belarus. File photoMINSK, Sept. 29 Russia and Belarus signed on Thursday an intergovernmental agreement on the transit of Belarusian cargo through Russia, the press service of the Ministry of Transport of Belarus said. through the territory of the Russian Federation. The document provides for the creation of alternative routes for the supply of export products: the transportation of goods to third countries will be carried out both through seaports and through land transport infrastructure. The document was signed by the heads of the ministries of transport of Belarus and Russia Aleksey Avramenko and Vitaly Savelyev», — the message reads. omics. “The document will allow the Belarusian side to maintain the volume of exports and enter new markets, strengthen our transport cooperation,” the minister is sure. In February last year, the governments of the two countries signed an agreement on transshipment of Belarusian oil products through Russian ports for further export to third countries. According to Vitaly Savelyev, the current transshipment rates allow forecasting the volume of transit of oil products at the level of about 3 million tons at the end of the year, with the planned 2 million 400 thousand tons. » />Lukashenko instructed to use Russian ports for Belarusian exports
