The Baltic States and Poland on December 15 blocked the adoption of new sanctions for Russia over the exemptions for grain and fertiliser exports, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis reported.
The exemptions proposed by Germany, France and the Netherlands could provide a loophole to circumvent sanctions, according to Landsbergis.
“Half an hour ago, Lithuania and Poland suspended the adoption of the sanctions package, and that discussion might be moved to the European Council,” the minister told reporters at the Seimas.
“If a political loophole of this size was made, backed by all EU countries, I think it would be used not only to deal with those specific cases but also, probably, to circumvent the sanctions,” he added. (LRT/Business World Magazine)