Farmers from Lithuania refused to join the anti-Ukrainian blockade with the Poles: what is their position

Lithuania will not join the anti-Ukrainian blockade/Collage 24 Channel

The Poles announced a blockade on the border with Lithuania from March 1. At the same time, Lithuanian farmers refused to participate in the anti-Ukrainian blockade. plan to interfere with the supply of Ukrainian grain. At the same time, he added that food from Russia is a much bigger problem for them.

Macijauskas added that < strong>leaders of Ukrainian farmers came in the fall of 2023. Lithuanians and Ukrainians had a round table, discussed how to solve the problem. According to him, we need to control and keep records.

We need to do all this, which the Lithuanian government also does not do, but we are not going to block , as the Poles do,” emphasized the representative of Lithuanian farmers.

At the same time, he noted that the situation with prices for agricultural products within Lithuania is Russian grain supplies have a significant impact. It should be understood that EU sanctions have not yet banned them.

Latvia has gone its own way

Please note that Latvia, a neighboring state of Lithuania, has already banned the import of grain from Russia at the level of national legislation.

Also, Latvian Minister of Agriculture Armands Krause in Brussels demanded the introduction of pan-European sanctions against Russian agricultural products. In addition, he proposed replacing grain from Russia with Ukrainian grain.

Everything that is imported from Russia can be imported from Ukraine. Thus (by banning imports from Russia – Channel 24) we will support Ukraine, and will not help Russia feed its war machine,” the official emphasized.

Please note that the protests of the Polish farmers are only gaining momentum. They have even blocked the checkpoint on the border with Germany. At the same time, they are blocking truck traffic in six directions on the border between Poland and Ukraine.