{"id":46946,"date":"2023-05-22T23:59:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T20:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lithuanian-foreign-minister-discusses-ukraine-grain-belarus-sanctions-with-eu-officials\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lithuanian-foreign-minister-discusses-ukraine-grain-belarus-sanctions-with-eu-officials","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46946\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian foreign minister discusses Ukraine grain, Belarus sanctions with EU officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 22, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Lithuania\u2019s top diplomat has discussed sanctions against Belarus and Russia, and grain exports from Ukraine, with EU officials in Brussels, according to the Lithuanian foreign ministry <\/p>\n<p> Gabrielius Landsbergis spoke with European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, who oversees economy, and European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen.<\/p>\n<p> Landsbergis told Dombrovskis that the EU should make every effort \u201cto open up even more supply routes for Ukrainian grain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Discussing the sanctions on Belarus with Urpilainen, Landsbergis said that exemptions are \u201cnot the best way to deal with food safety issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> He urged the EU not to trust Russia\u2019s and Belarus\u2019 narratives that \u201cworld food shortages are caused by sanctions on fertilizer companies.\u201d \u201cThis is not true,\u201d Landsbergis stressed. <\/p>\n<p>Landsbergis had repeatedly warned against easing sanctions against Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime. Ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Councils, he said that some states had suggested that Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij and the Belarusian Potash Company should be exempted.<\/p>\n<p>Potash fertilizers are a major export and source of foreign currency for the Belarusian economy. Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij, one of the world\u2019s largest producers of potash fertilizers, has been&nbsp;under sanctions since 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 22, BPN. Lithuania\u2019s top diplomat has discussed sanctions against Belarus and Russia, and grain exports from Ukraine, with EU officials in Brussels, according to the Lithuanian foreign ministry Gabrielius Landsbergis spoke with European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, who oversees economy, and European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen. Landsbergis told Dombrovskis that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[21,16],"class_list":["post-46946","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-economy","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuanian foreign minister discusses Ukraine grain, Belarus sanctions with EU officials | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 22, BPN. 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