A. Armonaitė for Lithuanian business: you are accomplices to murderers, you must be in prison instead of asking for state support

 "Armonaitė does not promise subsidies to companies operating in the Belarusian market: they knew where they do business. ELTA reminds that the Minister of Economy and Innovation A. Armonaitė said on Tuesday that she saw no reason to subsidize losses caused by political tensions between Belarus and Lithuania.

"The actions of Aliaksandr Lukashenko's regime should not have come as a surprise to Lithuanian entrepreneurs who have invested there since it was obvious for Lithuanian business that it is an autocratic or totalitarian state", - A. Armonaitė told LRT radio on Tuesday. 

 Algirdas Butkevičius, a parliamentarian of the mixed group of Seimas members, says that he was shocked by the statements of the Minister of Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė that she sees no reason to subsidize the losses caused by political tensions between Belarus and Lithuania. "This is not the first time that this government's approach to business has been shocking. 

First of all, I would like to remind you that the deterioration of relations with Belarus was not caused by the changed situation in Belarus itself, as it is presented by this government, but by international sanctions, one of the main initiators of which is this Lithuania's  government. 

Therefore, the government has no right to distance itself from the consequences now," - A. Butkevičius confirms in a statement issued on Tuesday."