Starting from February 7, Belarus will block the transportation of oil products, chemical and mineral fertilizers loaded at the stations of the Lithuanian Railways by rail. This was stated by the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Anatoly Glaz, BelTA informs..

Belarus calls such measures in response to Lithuania's ban on the transit of Belarusian goods through the ports of this country..

Earlier, Lithuania stopped the transit of "

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About 1.5-1.

6 million tons of such cargoes are transported through the territory of the Republic of Belarus for the amount of more than 1 billion dollars annually.

According to the A-95 Consulting Group, in 2021 the shares of Lithuanian diesel fuel and gasoline in the Ukrainian market were 9% and 11%, or 691.4 thousand. tons and 262.2 thousand. t respectively.

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Recall that Ukraine banned the transit of coal from Russia through Ukrainian territory.