“We are working in this direction, I am trying to get involved without announcing it [EK] and we have already agreed with the President of the EC that in a way she could become the moderator of the whole process, because our bilateral relations are not yielding the expected results yet, “Nauseda said in an interview Lithuanian morning television transmission 24/7.
He noted that a draft possible agreement was currently being drafted.
“All that remains is to come up with a text that can be discussed by all parties and evaluated by the EC, and then we will see if an agreement has been reached. We are currently in the process,” the president said.
Nausäda said that raising the issue at European Union (EU) level would open up more opportunities to resolve it.
“I call on all people of good will to support us on this path and I hope that Latvia will change its position, reach a common agreement between Poland and the Baltic States, that all these countries refuse to buy electricity produced by unsafe nuclear power plants outside the EU,” he said. added.
On June 25, the President of Lithuania did not attend the meeting of the Baltic leaders in Saaremaa, as a tripartite agreement on the methodology of electricity trade with third countries has not been reached at the level of energy and economy ministers after the upcoming Astravjec NPP this summer.
The Lithuanian government believes that Belarus has not complied with safety requirements by building a power plant about 30 kilometers from the Lithuanian border and 50 kilometers from Vilnius and has committed itself to blocking electricity from its market, trying to persuade Latvia and Estonia to boycott it. it is not yet possible to agree on a boycott of solidarity.
In Lithuania itself, discussions have recently taken place on the draft Baltic States Agreement developed by the Ministry of Energy, which does not provide for the commitment of Latvia and Estonia not to purchase electricity from the Astravjec NPP, but expresses support for Lithuania’s position.
Minister of Energy Žīgimants Vaičūns has called on the government to sign such an agreement, stating that it includes a system of guarantees of origin of electricity and provides for import duties, while Minister of Foreign Affairs Lins Linkevičs said that such an agreement is not in the national interest and called for a joint agreement not to buy electricity from the Astravyez NPP.
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has said that Lithuania must clearly state its interests and defend them to the EC, but President Nauseda has called on foreign and energy ministers to coordinate their position so that Lithuania acts “like a fist”.
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