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“We are currently preparing retaliatory measures against the sanctions imposed. We will not fight to let us in there (the Baltic States – ed.). We will simply try to solve this problem economically,” Lukashenko said.
The president of Belarus is quoted by the state news agency BelTA.
“It is said that it will be more expensive for Belarus (directing their cargo from the Baltic States to Russian ports – ed.). Of course, it will be a bit useless for us. But we can agree tariffs with the Russians and they will benefit from our transportation loading, “Lukashenko said.
The authoritarian president of Belarus declared last Friday that Belarus, whose cargo accounts for about a third of all cargo handling at the Klaipeda port, can refuse to use Lithuanian ports for the export of its products.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on Monday imposed national sanctions on Lukashenko and 29 other members of the regime for manipulating the presidential elections and violence against peaceful protesters. They are not allowed to enter the Baltic countries.
Unprecedented protests against the Lukashenko government continue in Belarus for the fourth week in a row.
Lithuanian leaders emphasize that diverting Belarusian cargo transit from the Klaipeda port would be economically profitable, first of all for Belarus itself.
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