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“Lithuania’s goal is to reach an agreement in the negotiations before Joniniai. Given the scope and complexity of the documents, how many economic and other interests underlie them, we believe the deadline is ambitious.
But we will do everything possible to reach an agreement ”, on Wednesday after the Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan. Baltic energy market interconnection plan, BEMIP) said A. Zananavičius.
He acknowledged that the first meeting did not inspire much optimism.
“The first meeting did not inspire me great optimism. I hope that we will find common ground with the Latvians and Estonians.
So far everything is going according to plan, of course we do not register too much enthusiasm on the part of Latvia and Estonia, but the negotiations for that are negotiations to awaken that interest ”, said the Deputy Minister of Energy.
The deputy energy minister said he was committed not to reveal the content of the debate, since the issue was “sufficiently politicized.”
“There are problems in recognizing the information that we have provided completely without any comment. Of course, when the operators meet, they will have access to a much wider circle of information.
Lithuania provided only the information that is publicly available. I cannot say that this could have caused doubts and questions to anyone, therefore the operators were ordered to speak, ”said A. Zananavičius.
“Our goal is not to get caught up in the debate on statistics, we have other issues that need to be addressed in these negotiations. So far, we have not heard a statement that we are not going to negotiate, that we are not interested in negotiating, “added the deputy minister.
According to A. Zananavičius, information was also exchanged during the meeting on the electricity grid synchronization project with third countries.
“There are no threats that the deadline we have set for the end of 2025 will not be met. Several difficulties encountered in the project were successfully eliminated.
One of the difficulties is that Sweden has not given permission for a ship to explore the seabed to build the Harmony Link power line between Poland and Lithuania for quite some time.
“The Swedish government has not issued a permit for the investigation of the fund for a long time, but after various political contacts, including at the presidential level, the permit was granted,” the deputy minister said.
“It has been agreed that due to the progress of the synchronization projects, there will be a constant exchange of views and a coordination of what could be done sooner,” said A. Zananavičius.
He said the next negotiators meeting would be held on March 30.
On Monday, after the Chief Advisor for Environment and Infrastructure to the President of the State Defense Council, Jaroslav Neverovičius said that the Baltic states should agree as soon as possible on a tripartite methodology to prevent unsafe Belarusian electricity trading.
According to him, the synchronization should also be accelerated and in 2023 a test of the isolated operation of the Baltic electrical systems should be implemented.
According to him, another fourth decision is related to the state’s actions to implement independent electricity generation projects and ensure that enough electricity is produced independently in Lithuania.
