Ukraine may pay Soviet debts to Belarus

Ukraine will return 50 million dollars –  an enterprises’ debt dating back to the Soviet time - to Belarus. The agreement is said to have been reached during the recent negotiations of Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Victor Yushchenko in Kiev, reports “Businessman-Ukraine”. According to the edition referring to its source in the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the payment schedule provides for supplies of Ukrainian energy to Belarus at a cut price. Ukrainian companies will operate at a loss. However, Ukraine hopes to become the main exporter of energy to Belarus in the future.

“Belarusian news” informs that Kiev agreed to it because the ratification of the state Belarusian -Ukrainian border by the Belarusian government was put in jeopardy.