Russia and Belarus have signed an array...
Igor Sechin said the deals included "amendments to an agreement on oil deliveries to Belarus, oil pricing procedures, and a joint statement on oil transit guarantees."
The deals "meet the interests of Russian companies" and "regulate subsidized supplies to Belarus" this year, Sechin told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, without elaborating.
Russia earlier offered to supply the ex-Soviet republic with some 6.3 million metric tons of oil for domestic consumption duty-free and demanded Minsk pay full import duties on crude it refines and transits to Europe, dropping considerable subsidies.
Belarus requested Russia to supply up to 30 million metric tons of oil duty free, saying it would otherwise increase transit fees for Europe-bound oil from $3.90 to $45.
Russian oil supplies via the ex-Soviet republic have continued throughout the dispute. A spat between Moscow and Minsk in 2007 led to disruptions in supplies to Poland and Germany.