Lithuania blocks EU treaty with Russia

Erkki Bahovski expresses sympathy for the Lithuanians' blockade strategy: "Repairs are allegedly still being carried out on the pipeline supplying the Lithuanian oil refinery in Mažeikiai. One should also bear in mind that the Kremlin employed a similar rhetoric when Poland boycotted the agreement over a ban on Polish meat exports [imposed by Russia]: little problems shouldn't be allowed to get in the way of a major agreement and no one should let themselves be guided by narrow-minded self-interest. This time Moscow has made demands of its own: the protection of the Russian minorities in Estonia and Latvia is to be established in the treaty. So which side is defending its own narrow-minded interests and sabotaging an agreement?"

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