The decision of Belarus to stop the pumping of Russian oil through the “Friendship” pipeline has no political subtext. So the situation commented on the authorized government of Poland on the issues of strategic energy infrastructure Peter Naimsky, RIA Novosti reports.
According to him, “Raised Creek” on the response actions of Minsk does not have grounds. We are talking about a technological break for the maintenance of the pipeline, which was planned in advance and last 96 hours.
On the stopping of oil pumping in “friendship” became known on the eve. Advisor to Transneft, press secretary Igor Demin said that she would start at noon on June 9th.
The reason for finding the political appearance of the event was a sharp deterioration of the already heavy relations of Belarus and Poland. Because of the incident with the forced landing of the Ryanair liner in Minsk, the Polish authorities banned Belarusian airlines flying in their airspace. Later, the same decision adopted the EU leadership.
Previously, the Appeals Council for Environment and Food Products Denmark canceled permission to build a Baltic Pipe gas pipeline from Norway to Poland, with which Warsaw extended to abandon gas from Russia. In this decision, the Polish leadership suggested, there is not only concern for ecology, but also someone’s interests. Nevertheless, Warsaw expects that the project will be completed on time.