Lithuania Belarus intends to terminate potassium transportation contract
The Lithuanian government commission said on Tuesday that the agreement signed by the railway in 2018 on the transportation of potassium from Belarus, which is subject to sanctions, is contrary to the interests of national security.
President Alexander Lukashenko announced his victory in August, a year after he was suppressed after the controversial presidential election.
The ban on trade in potassium came into force on December 8 after a four-month break, but potassium continues to be transported through Lithuania.
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The continuation of the agreement caused public outrage in Lithuania, one of the fiercest human rights critics in Belarus in Europe, and the resignation of the US union last week forced Ingrid Šimonytė to consider resigning, although she announced last week that she would continue in 2012. office.
Mandas Barduska, the chairman of the Lithuanian Railways (LDG), agreed to resign in order to “expand” his back.
The Commission shall, from 2018. works with contracts with a value of at least a tenth of its revenue under a contract between strategically important companies in the country, including LTG.
Potassium is exported to Belarus, one of the world’s largest crop producers, earning the largest foreign exchange in Minsk via the Lithuanian port of Glybeda in Belarus.
Bertuska said that the US sanctions do not affect the transport agreement with Belarus and LTG, if terminated without a legal basis, could threaten international arbitration and a fine.
Commission decision on 2018 agreement and its 2021 the amendment now gives the government the right to suspend potassium shipments.
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