Belarus to seek alternatives to Russian energy

MOSCOW, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Belarus（白俄罗斯） will seek alternatives to Russian energy supplies, but there will be no trade war between Minsk and Moscow, said the country's leader Alexander Lukashenko Monday.
"We are buying and will buy energy carriers from Russia. No one will fully¹ replace Russia in this respect, but we will be gradually seeking an alternative（供选择的）," Lukashenko said, adding that this year Belarus will import four million tons of oil from Venezuela, and 10 million tons next year.
"We have to follow this path as well as working on the issues of supplying cheap natural gas and other energy carriers to Belarus," he said at a meeting with state officials as cited by the RIA Novosti news agency.
Earlier this month, Belarus and Russian energy giant Gazprom were involved in a dispute over Belarus' refusal to pay Russian- set prices for gas with Gazprom slashing² deliveries and Minsk threatening to suspend European transit³ supplies.
The fees Gazprom pays for transit to its Belarus counterpart Beltransgaz became the last stumbling block in the conflict. Beltransgaz CEO Vladimir Mayorov said Monday his company and Gazprom have finalized⁴ a supplementary⁵ agreement to a gas transit contract and may sign it later this week.
"No one should proceed from the assumption that we should start an economic war with Russia. This is our long-time traditional partner," Lukashenko noted⁶.
"If today the Russian leadership took this position, they probably have grounds for that, and we criticize them but have to understand them," he said.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 slashing   

adj.尖锐的；苛刻的；鲜明的；乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。 来自辞典例句
• He stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手，不去鞭打他的马了。 来自辞典例句

3 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

4 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 supplementary   

adj.补充的，附加的

参考例句：

• There is a supplementary water supply in case the rain supply fails.万一主水源断了，我们另外有供水的地方。
• A supplementary volume has been published containing the index.附有索引的增补卷已经出版。

6 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。