On June 21, the head of the EU Delegation to Moscow, Markus Ederer, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, APA's Moscow correspondent reports citing the statement Russian Foreign Ministry.
Moscow demands that Vilnius lift its ban on the rail transit of goods to the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, otherwise reserving the right to take retaliatory action, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
"We pointed out in this regard that if the transit of goods between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of Russia through Lithuania is not fully restored, Russia reserves the right to take action to protect its national interests," the ministry said in a statement after summoning Lithuania's Charge d Affaires Virginija Umbrasene.
The ministry emphasized that Russia had strongly protested against Lithuania’s decision. "We demanded that the restrictions be lifted immediately," the statement said.
The Foreign Ministry noted that Russia viewed the move as openly hostile, adding that it violated Lithuania’s international legal obligations, namely the 2002 Joint Statement of the EU and the Russian Federation on Transit between the Kaliningrad Region and the rest of the Russian Federation.
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EU Ambassador Markus Ederer has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, APA's Moscow correspondent reports.
The European diplomat arrived at the Russian Foreign Ministry over Lithuania's ban on the transit of goods under EU sanctions through Kaliningrad, the governor of Kaliningrad said on Monday.
-Notably, yesterday Russia warned NATO member Lithuania that unless the transit of goods to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea was swiftly restored then Moscow would take undisclosed measures to defend its national interests.
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