Deliveries of oil from Russia had been suspended since Jan. 1 amid a dispute over contract terms between Moscow and Minsk.

"The delivery of oil to the Naftan (refinery) began today," the Belta news agency quoted Vladimir Sizov, deputy chairman of state energy firm Belneftekhim, as saying.

(Reporting by Andrei Makhovsky; Writing by Polina Ivanova; Editing by Gareth Jones)