美国取消对白俄罗斯国家石油公司实施的制裁
中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社3月10日明斯克报道，美国政府10日表示，美国取消了在2011年对白俄罗斯国家石油公司（Belorusneft）实施的制裁，美国对白俄罗斯国家石油公司实施制裁的原因是后者参与了伊朗石油部门的油气作业。
制裁是在西方和曾被称为“欧洲最后独裁者”的白俄罗斯总统卢卡申科之间紧张关系解冻以后取消的。
卢卡申科日前在举办旨在解决乌克兰冲突的国际会谈一事上赢得了一些赞誉。
美国政府说，在白俄罗斯国家石油公司不再参与制裁活动的基础上，美国国务卿已决定终止对这家公司实施的制裁。
在白俄罗斯国家石油公司在2007年与伊朗国家石油公司旗下总部位于瑞士的投资公司NaftIran Intertrade公司，签署了一项价值5亿美元开发伊朗Jofeir油田合同以后，美国国务院决定对这家公司实施制裁。
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U.S. lifts sanctions against Belarussian oil firm
MINSK, March 10 (Reuters) - The United States has removed sanctions against Belorusneft, a state-owned Belarussian energy company, imposed in 2011 for its involvement in the Iranian petroleum sector, the U.S. government said on Tuesday.
The sanctions have been lifted amid a thaw between the West and Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko, once branded "Europe's last dictator".
Lukashenko has won some acclaim for hosting international talks aimed at resolving the conflict in Ukraine.
"The Secretary of State has decided to terminate sanctions imposed ... on Republican Unitary Enterprise Production Association Belarusneft (a.k.a. Belarusneft, a.k.a. Belorusneft) on the basis that the company is no longer engaging in sanctionable activity," the U.S. government said.
The U.S. State Department imposed sanctions on Belorusneft after it entered into a $500 million contract with NaftIran Intertrade company in 2007 for the development of Iran's Jofeir oilfield.
