IRNA – A tanker carrying the first consignment of Iranian oil purchased by Belarus docked at the Port of Odessa, southern Ukraine, on Thursday delivering the cargo to the Belarusian side.


The tanker had 80,000 tons (600,000 barrels) of oil on board.

The Iranian oil will be carried to Belarusian Mozyr oil refinery later to undergo processing stages, Sergey Mikhailovich Grib, Deputy General Director for Commercial Affairs of Belarusian Oil Company was quoted as saying by Rossiya Segodnya.

He said that the cargo has already been discharged from the tanker.