Opinion: Lithuanian authorities try to to prove their commitment to anti-Belarusian course instead of thinking about their people

The Lithuanian authorities are now striving to show their importance, acting on Washington’s orders and making crazy decisions that contradict the interests of the Lithuanian people – as noted by political scientist Aleksei Belyaev, the Dean of the Journalism Department at the Belarusian State University, in his talk with Alfa Radio

Earlier, the Lithuanian Seimas denounced three economic agreements with Belarus and Russia. The explanatory note reads that business investments of these two states in Lithuania are not encouraged, and Lithuanian businesses should assess the riskiness of these markets.

“Lithuania is pursuing a policy of 'shooting itself in different parts'. We have seen this, including when this country took a tough stance on the Belarusian nuclear power plant, although it could have received cheap electricity. Lithuania was once a supplier and exporter of electricity itself. Now it is the largest importer. Together with other Baltic States, it withdrew from the BRELL (Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) power grid, thus physically depriving itself of the opportunity to receive cheap electricity from Russia and Belarus. We see how Lithuania cut itself out of international trade relations, going into direct conflict with China and losing a lot of money earned on transit and the use of its ports. Lithuania, as we can see, refused to transport Belarusian goods on its territory, which led to a drop in the profits of Lithuanian railways. There are many such examples. And the fact that they denounced economic agreements perfectly fits into a range of such crazy actions that are absolutely contrary to the interests of Lithuania itself,” the expert explained.

He stressed that today the Lithuanian government is fulfilling an external order rather than solving issues of its state governance.

“Lithuania is actually acting on the principle of a small irritant, doing everything to show some importance to prove to its Western partners its commitment to the anti-Russian and anti-Belarusian course. At the same time, no one thinks about the residents of Lithuania itself,” the political scientist added.

Aleksei Belyaev noted that Vilnius does not care about the Lithuanian people or businesses, “Meanwhile, this is the logic of the modern, unfortunately, abnormal Lithuanian government, which acts in the interests of Washington.”