Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Raman Halouchanka have threatened Lithuania with retaliation if the transit of Belarusian fertilizers gets banned. Lukashenka promised to close the transit between Lithuania and Ukraine, while Halouchanka threatened to stop the Belarusian exports to Lithuania.
“While the issue of transit with the European Union is obvious to everybody, they somehow do not remember that the mutual trade turnover of Ukraine, for example, with Lithuania through our country this year amounted to about three million tons, including through Homel section of the state border,” BelTA quotes Lukashenka as saying. “I do not understand what the Lithuanians are thinking, pushing on us. We will close this transit, let them go through Germany or try to go through Poland – it will cost three times more.”
Prime Minister Raman Halouchanka says that Belarus is ready for Lithuania to stop the transit of Belarusian fertilizers. He promised that in such a case, “the main damage will be caused to Lithuania itself.”
“We won’t leave it without an answer, so we’ll have to take countermeasures. Belarusian exports to Lithuania amount to about $1 billion, mainly raw materials, which are purchased by Lithuanian companies for further processing. This applies to wood processing products, polymers, and so on. If we stop the deliveries and redirect them to other markets, let the Lithuanian businessmen ask their government how it is going to solve the problems,” said Halouchanka, BelTA informs.
