MINSK, April 25 - (TASS) - Belarusian pipeline operator Gomeltransneft Druzhba notified its Russian partners of stopping oil transit via the Druzhba oil pipeline following a similar decision by Poland, the company’s chief engineer Andrey Verigo said on Wednesday.

Verigo was quoted as saying by the BelTA news agency that Polish pipeline operator PERN “stopped the transportation of oil to Poland in the Adamovo hub for an indefinite period.”

“In line with this message [from the Polish side], Gomeltransneft Druzhba has sent a phone message to [the Western Russian city of] Bryansk about stopping the transit via the Western route due to the delivery of low-quality oil and PERN’s refusal to accept it,” the statement reads.