Lithuania is facing no pressure from the United States over the transit of Belarusian fertilisers, President Gitanas Nausėda said on Friday.
“There is no pressure,” the president told reporters during a visit to the Padvarionys border checkpoint.
His comments follow remarks by Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys during a closed-door meeting with the Social Democratic parliamentary group, in which he reportedly acknowledged US pressure regarding the transit of Belarusian fertilisers through Lithuania. According to sources, Budrys suggested that such pressure might also be applied to other countries in the region.
Budrys later declined to confirm his statements but said there was “additional activity” from the US on the issue.
Kęstutis Budrys and Gitanas Nausėda | P. Peleckis / BNS
