PM: Lithuania discusses updated rules of transit to Kaliningrad

MOSCOW, Jul 21 (PRIME) – Lithuania has held a meeting of the commission on establishing updated Kaliningrad transit rules with the recommendations of the European Commission and will inform Russia about a decision, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said on Thursday.

“Yesterday, as I know, a special commission, which should establish the transit changes, held a meeting. I know that they discussed the procedure – how quantity control, count procedures should look like, what data to collect. As I see, the Lithuanian railways will have to inform the Russian side about this.... When will transportation begin? Well, we'll see,” she said.

In June, the Lithuanian railways notified the Kaliningrad railways about termination of transit of some goods, sanctioned by the E.U., since June 18. But on Wednesday, the European Commission issued additional guidance on transit of Russia’s cargoes and recommended against banning railways cargo transit to Kaliningrad.

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