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“I think that an important decision has already been made, namely the decision of the European Council (EC) on Monday. I think that the dictator did not expect this decision, it is really painful. It will be even more painful when these sanctions come into force, both economic as lists of additions for natural and legal persons.
In addition, of course, the closure of the airspace, the announcement of the Belarusian airspace is not safe, it all happened immediately, ”said the president during his visit to the Šiauliai region on Thursday.
EU leaders on Monday condemned the forced landing of a passenger ship over Belarus and the arrest of Raman Pratasevic and his friend Sofia Sapega, and called on EU airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace. European leaders said the Community should consider new economic sanctions targeting the Minsk regime as soon as possible.
The honeymoon is over?
According to G. Nausėda, now “gnawing the regime’s fingers” is the reason, and A. Lukashenko has to understand that the time of deep worry and finger whining is over.
“You have to understand one thing: the time for speeches, rumors, deep worries is over and now this type of action will be severely punished. The dictator must know, his honeymoon is over, “said the president.
Commenting on Lukashenko’s threats in his country’s parliament that he would no longer stop drugs and migrants at the EU borders, Nausėda called those words “criminal jargon.” He also drew attention to the issue of the Astrava nuclear power plant.
“It just came to our attention then. This only questions the paradise that Mr. Lukashenko is creating on his land. Because if he creates such a paradise, then all the people he now threatens to lead the EU should remain on earth. from their paradise. But for some reason they don’t stay, they run away. This is outright blackmail and this raises the issue of the Astrava nuclear power plant again.
I told my colleagues very clearly: understand, now we have to start looking at Astrava differently (…) because this man can start using the nuclear power plant as a blackmail tool. And blackmail is far not only from Lithuania, but from all over Europe ”, he is convinced.
How do you assess the proposal to ban the export of Belarusian fertilizers and petroleum products through the Baltic States?
When asked how he evaluated the proposal to ban the export of Belarusian fertilizers and petroleum products through the Baltic states, the Lithuanian leader said that those sanctions should be considered very carefully so that “those who should fear our sanctions rub their hands and laugh. ” . “
“I think that Mr. Borrell should have listened very well to what we were talking about in the EVS, and one of the aspects we emphasized was that economic sanctions should be applied, but they should be selective. If we take this measure, Russia will probably be more pleased with the use of this measure, which now only tries to divert all cargo to alternative ports.
In this case, whoever wants to suffer more, but not the Belarusian regime, so it is worth considering the question of whether these measures achieve the objective result we seek, “he said.
“I think the debate is just beginning, it has to be subtle, well thought out, but we must not make those who fear our sanctions rub their hands and laugh,” the president added.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell spoke in an interview in Lisbon on Wednesday about the possibility of banning the export of Belarusian fertilizers through the Baltic countries.
“On Monday, the Heads of State and Government asked us to propose sectoral economic sanctions, which we are not used to in the EU, and some immediately come to mind. Belarus is a major exporter of potash fertilizers: 2.5 billion. dollars (2,040 million euros).
Everything travels through the Baltic countries. It’s easy to control if you really want to, “Borrell said.
