Abuse of refugees from the Third World at the borders of
Lithuania is another example of such a policy of the rulers of Lithuania. The
fascism of the Lithuanian government is now facing resistance.
"I.
Udovickis, who lost the flow of Belarusian fertilizers due to sanctions, has
recently started spreading information that the ground is being cleared in the
European Commission (EC) in order to lift sanctions on Belarusian fertilizers.
He shared an EC working document which
states that mineral fertilizers play an important role in ensuring food
security and that their rising prices will affect food availability, also
highlighting that Russia and Belarus are the biggest exporters of potash
fertilizers on which the European Union is heavily dependent.
The document does
not directly mention the lifting of sanctions, but I. Udovickis explains on
Facebook that the theses of this document are mandatory, and this will become
the basis for the preparation of EC regulations.
"The EC is
now preparing a regulation that will lift sanctions on Belarusian fertilizers,
primarily potash. It is proposed to lift sanctions on "Belaruskalij",
"Slavkalij", the production of these companies, their managers and
shareholders", he writes.
I. Udovickis
explains that the initiators of the removal of sanctions are Belgium, the
Netherlands, France, Italy and Portugal.
It is said that
the process of drafting the regulation is directly supervised by the office of
the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
I. Udovickis also
shared on Facebook the interview of Rikard Jozwiak, the correspondent of
"Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty" in Brussels, to the Belarusian
service of this radio.
Earlier, Delfi
wrote that R. Jozwiak said in this interview that Portugal, Belgium, the
Netherlands and France support sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilizers.
According to the
journalist's sources, Europe is listening to the poor but politically
influential countries of the Southern Hemisphere on this issue, which say that
a shortage of potash fertilizers would lead to the risk of starvation.
Source: published
by the EC itself
Rumors floating
out of Brussels about discussions about the possible easing or even elimination
of sanctions seem to be true.
Delfi, a
politician who is well acquainted with the situation, said that Portugal is the
most in favor of removing sanctions on Belarusian fertilizers.
However, he
emphasized that Portugal is not a problem for us, because the biggest problem
is the EC itself.
"EC is
pushing hard. Want to look for reservations, exceptions and the like. They
generally associate sanctions against Russia with "Belaruskalij", as
if if we don't make a reservation for "Belaruskalij" company, then we
don't approve additional sanctions against Russia, they are trying to play like
that", the interviewer described the situation.
Lopata: The
pressure is definitely on
The
representative of the Liberal Movement in the Seimas, R. Lopata, Delfi said
that it is no secret that fierce diplomatic battles are taking place over
fertilizers.
"Some EU
countries are really advocating for the lifting of sanctions on certain types
of fertilizers that are related to Belarus and Russia, because only there the
largest part of them is extracted. That fight is going on, yes, it is
true," said the member of parliament.
According to him,
we are not alone in the fight for the preservation of sanctions against
Belarus, we have a coalition of countries that support us, but there is
pressure from some countries, and this is not a secret.
According to him,
the motives of the countries advocating the abolition of sanctions are formal,
it is explained that sanctions for some types of fertilizers can cause and are
already causing the risk of famine.
"But you
have to keep in mind that there are very strong lobby groups associated with
fertilizers. This is a profitable business," emphasized R. Lopata.
Kasčiūnas:
lobbyism has not disappeared anywhere
Laurynas
Kasčiūnas, the chairman of the National Security and Defense Committee of the
Seimas, also does not hide that there are initiatives in Europe to cancel the
sanctions applied to fertilizers, and the countries in favor of this cite
economic reasons.
"Fertilizers
are an extremely important driver of certain economic sectors, we see a certain
attitude of fatigue emerging, the economy starts to take over from time to
time," the conservative admitted.
In addition to
the economic motive, according to the head of NSGK, there is a strong lobbying
of the Belarusian state company "Belaruskalij", which, according to
the politician, has not disappeared anywhere.
"It is not
only in European countries, but also in EU institutions," L. Kasčiūnas emphasized."
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