June 4 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday Western sanctions would have no effect on the country’s oil exports and predicted a sharp rise in profits from energy sales this year. anna.
“Considering the price level that was established as a result of the decisions taken by the West, we did not suffer any budget loss,” he said on a Serbian TV channel in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to his report. minister.
“On the contrary, this year we will significantly increase the profits from the export of our energy resources.”
The countries of the European Union have agreed in the last days on a compromise in order to reduce by 90% the imports of Russian oil by the end of the year, in response to the invasion of Ukraine by the Russia.
“Oil, in general, is not subject to politics, there is a demand for it…we have alternative markets, where we are already increasing sales,” said Sergue Lavrov. (Report by David Ljunggren, French version Caroline Pailliez)