The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Foreign Ministry) accused Lithuanian authorities in aggression, cynicism and violation of international law, transfers BelTA.
In this way, the press secretary of the MFA Anatoly Eye commented on the law on new sanctions against Minsk developed in Lithuania. According to him, the conditions are created “for a complete ban on supplies and transit of any Belarusian goods for further transportation by the sea.”
“We are talking about a focused blockade attempt: the air traffic is blocked, limited to the land is now selected to the railway. It’s all about the state that does not have access to the sea. What is it, if not an act of hostility and aggression?” – said the representative of the Foreign Ministry.
Vilnius’s actions threaten the food security of the importers of Belarusian potassium, provoke instability, cropping and price increases, will be exacerbated by the problem of hunger, an eye added. “Nothing other than the powerless malice, it is impossible to explain it,” he said.
Earlier it was reported that the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport prepared a bill prohibiting the transit of goods from Belarus in the territory of the republic.
West introduced another package of sanction against Minsk against the background of the migration crisis on the border of Belarus and the European Union.