No proposals yet from Belarus to Russia to privatize petrochemical industry: ambassador

Belarus has not submitted any proposals so far to Russia, offering the Russian companies to take part in the privatization of the petrochemical enterprises in Belarus, Russian ambassador in Minsk Alxander Surikov told reports, according to the Interfax news agency. Surikov said the talks about the privatization of the Belarusian refineries have been on and off since 1990s. "But it never went further than just conversations", said the ambassador.