Lithuania asks EC to suspend cross-border projects with Belarus
2021-05-25
BNS/TBT Staff
VILNIUS – Lithuania has asked the European Commission to suspend cross-border projects with Belarus to avoid the Lukashenko regime being funded this way, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said at the parliament on Tuesday.
"Today, Lithuania would face fines if it refused to take part in these projects under the previously signed contracts. Therefore, we have turned to the European Commission over the suspension at this stage of these projects especially where EU funds could be used against civilians, not to help them but probably to hurt them, to avoid any financial sanctions," the minister said.