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“The president will speak with the head of government about the problems of managing the pandemic and vaccination, as well as about preventing electricity from the Astrava nuclear power plant,” spokesman Antanas Bubnelis told BNS.
On Friday, the President, Foreign Affairs and Energy ministers spoke with Latvian politicians about the purchase of electricity produced by the Astravas nuclear power plant.
After Lithuanian representatives presented data on electricity trade from the Astrava power station in the Baltic States to Latvia, Latvian officials asked for time to familiarize themselves with and evaluate this information.
Foreign Minister Edgaras Rinkevičius said he understood Lithuanians’ concerns about the Astrava nuclear power plant and said the goal would be to find a mutually acceptable solution. He said he did not want to name deadlines for decisions just yet.
Lithuania claims that the third country trade methodology developed by the three Baltic states last year, but only approved unilaterally by Latvia and Estonia, does not prevent Belarusian electricity from entering the Baltic states. Therefore, Lithuania has not approved it and proposes a new methodology that is acceptable to all parties.
According to Lithuanian Energy Minister Dainius Kreivis, Lithuania has already paid around 4 million LTL for electricity produced by the Astravas nuclear power plant. 120 million euros a year. if the trade between Russia and Latvia continues at the same level.
According to D. Kreivis, physically Belarusian electricity flows through the Lithuanian-Belarusian connection, but without Lithuania it is traded in the same amount in Latvia, which imports electricity from Russia.
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