January 11, 2007	Thursday	Zilhaj 20, 1427

MINSK, Jan 10: The presidents of Russia and Belarus have found a compromise solution to an oil transit row which has disrupted supplies to the European Union, the Belarus presidency said in a statement on Wednesday.

In a telephone conversation, President Vladimir Putin and his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko "found a compromise which allows resolution of the dead-end situation,” Lukashenko's office said.

"The prime ministers of Belarus and Russia were ordered to work out concrete proposals within two days for resolution of all problem questions and to submit these for review by heads of state by Friday."

The Kremlin press service confirmed to AFP that the conversation took place, but could not immediately provide details of the discussion.—AFP