The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said that it had received and was looking into a Russian diplomatic note on the alleged suspension of payments for Kaliningrad transit services.
“We confirm that we have received the note from the Russian Federation,” the ministry said. “We are currently examining it.”
Russia’s media reported that the note was handed to the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry by Sergei Ryabkov, Moscow’s charge d’affaires ad interim in Vilnius.
The diplomat said that operators in Russia who used the services of Lithuanian Railways were obliged to pay for freight transport, while Vilnius only accepted payments through one bank, Siauliu Bankas, which was suspending transactions with Russia from September.
The Transport Ministry and Lithuanian Railways did not provide answers to questions about the alleged suspension of payments for the Kaliningrad transit services either.
Gabriele Vasiliauskaite, the spokesperson for the transport minister, said that the ministry was still coordinating its position on the issue with the government. (LRT/Business World Magazine)
