„Perhaps this reflects to some extent the view that this White House administration is seeking out political forces or political figures who they may perceive as ideologically close to them,“ Nausėda told reporters in Brussels.
„I would think that before meeting with figures of this kind, one should very carefully ascertain whom they represent and what values they defend. And then, perhaps, the desire to meet them will be less,“ he added.
As reported by the news portal Lrt.lt, not only Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė but also Seimas members Vėgėlė, Jankūnas, and MEP P. Gražulis met on Wednesday with John Coale, the U.S. envoy to Belarus, who was visiting Lithuania. Both Jankūnas and Gražulis confirmed this.
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As reported by the portal, the meeting took place at the Kempinski Hotel in the capital.
ELTA notes that last December, the U.S. Special Envoy to Belarus announced that the United States was lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash exports. He also noted that discussions regarding sanctions would continue.
The administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden imposed sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilisers in 2021—a year after the Belarusian presidential election, which Alexander Lukashenko illegally won.
In 2022, the European Union (EU) also imposed sanctions on Belarusian fertilisers. At that time, the Lithuanian state-owned company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai terminated the contract for the transit of fertiliser in accordance with a 2022 government decision stating that Belaruskalij poses a threat to national security. Until then, transit was supposed to continue until the end of 2023.