Lithuania has stopped accepting Belarusian trains with potassium chloride

Lithuania has stopped accepting Belarusian trains with potassium chloride, going to the port of Klaipeda. This was stated by the Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko, informs Railway Supply magazine, citing Interfax-Ukraine.

According to him, in this situation Minsk has reoriented the supply of potassium chloride to Russian ports.

“Due to the longer arm in Russia, producers have lost some margins, but we are compensating for this by increasing world prices,” he said. Golovchenko also threatened fines for terminating contracts on the Lithuanian side.

The day before, on Monday, the Lithuanian Railways (Lietuvos gelezinkeliai) announced that January 31 was the last day of transit through Belarus of Beloruskali fertilizer, one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of potash fertilizers. No application for transportation was confirmed in February, CTS reports.

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LTG claims that it will not grant Belaruskali’s request for cargo transportation until it receives a government commission to review the agreements of strategic enterprises. Such a procedure is provided for in the Policy of Control, Compliance and Prevention of Sanctions and Restrictive Measures approved by the LTG Board.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday that the government would take retaliatory measures against Lithuania within a few days in the event of a blockade of the transit of Belarusian cargo in Lithuanian ports.

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