Lithuanian railway chief Mantas Bartuska to resign in Jan 2022 over Belaruskali row
<p> MINSK, Dec 16 – PrimePress. Director General of Lithuanian state railway company Lietuvos gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) Mantas Bartuska plans to resign in early January 2022, said Lithuanian Minister of Transport Marius Skuodis. </p> <p> </p> <p> Bartuska will step down after a transition period, during which he will have to find solutions on how to take control of the situation related to the transit of fertilizers of Belaruskali (Soligorsk, Minsk Oblast), said Kęstutis Šliūžas, chairman of the board of Lietuvos gelezinkeliai. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, after the August 2020 presidential election in Belarus a political crisis began. The EU, UK, US and Canada has been gradually imposing sanctions against Belarusian officials as well as individual businesses. Under the OFAC order of August 9 (US Office of Foreign Assets Control), any transactions with Belaruskali or any other company with Belaruskali’s direct or indirect ownership of 50 percent or more, need to be wound down by 7 p.m. Lithuanian time on December 8. However, Lithuania’s state-owned railway company (Lietuvos gelezinkeliai, LG) said in December that it would continue transporting transit cargoes of Belarus’ fertiliser manufacturer Belaruskali to the Port of Klaipeda as Belaruskali had already paid transit and transhipping charges to the Lithuanian company. End </p> <p> </p>
2021-12-17
Primepress
Lithuanian railway chief Mantas Bartuska to resign in Jan 2022 over Belaruskali row
MINSK, Dec 16 – PrimePress. Director General of Lithuanian state railway company Lietuvos gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) Mantas Bartuska plans to resign in early January 2022, said Lithuanian Minister of Transport Marius Skuodis.
Bartuska will step down after a transition period, during which he will have to find solutions on how to take control of the situation related to the transit of fertilizers of Belaruskali (Soligorsk, Minsk Oblast), said Kęstutis Šliūžas, chairman of the board of Lietuvos gelezinkeliai.
As previously reported, after the August 2020 presidential election in Belarus a political crisis began. The EU, UK, US and Canada has been gradually imposing sanctions against Belarusian officials as well as individual businesses. Under the OFAC order of August 9 (US Office of Foreign Assets Control), any transactions with Belaruskali or any other company with Belaruskali’s direct or indirect ownership of 50 percent or more, need to be wound down by 7 p.m. Lithuanian time on December 8. However, Lithuania’s state-owned railway company (Lietuvos gelezinkeliai, LG) said in December that it would continue transporting transit cargoes of Belarus’ fertiliser manufacturer Belaruskali to the Port of Klaipeda as Belaruskali had already paid transit and transhipping charges to the Lithuanian company. End