Lithuania called impossible the transit of Belarusian potash in the United States — Gigin explained the reasons

US President Donald Trump said that Washington is counting on a major deal to purchase potash fertilizers from Belarus, but Lithuania called their transit through the EU countries to the United States impossible. In the program “Budni” on the YouTube channel “SBTV” and “Alfa Radio” the topic was commented by the Deputy of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, General Director of the National Library of Belarus Vadim Gigin, reports sb.by.

According to him, Trump’s position on this issue is clear – he appreciates Belarus:

The authority of our president is great. It is not for nothing that Trump always spoke very respectfully about the Belarusian head of state. All this is not just some curtsey, but the sincere attitude of the American leader. He conducts his policy without regard to stereotypes. Of course, there are many nuances and contradictions, which our President has openly spoken about. We, unlike many European politicians, have no servitude for Trump or the United States.

Vadim Gigin noted that the range of topics discussed by Minsk and Washington is wide. We are talking about possible options for resolving the Ukrainian crisis, security in the region, and ways to further develop the world. Of course, economic issues also occupy an important place on the bilateral agenda. Now, for example, the topic of supplies of Belarusian potassium to the United States is being actively discussed.

- One of the largest suppliers of potash fertilizers in the world is Canada, recalled a member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly. But relations between Washington and Ottawa have now escalated to the limit. In fact, they are on the verge of a full-fledged trade war. Canadians are making openly anti-Trump statements, getting closer to the European Union. The Canadian authorities have launched an anti-American campaign against Trump personally, against the Republican Party as a whole, against American values. Of course, Trump wants to put pressure on Canada. That is why we are currently working on potassium with Belarus. Of course, we can also benefit from such a deal.

- The fact is that Vilnius is under pressure from others. Lithuanian elites are bound by a huge amount of obligations to the Brussels bureaucracy. How do Lithuanian politicians build their careers? They don’t think about the country, they look at the structures of NATO and the European Union, where wages are higher and life is sweeter. They're aiming there. They depend on them. What is the EU line of which Lithuania is a part? His strategy is to outsit Trump. The most important operational and strategic event in the near future will be the November elections to the US Congress. Europeans expect the Republican Party to lose at least in the House of Representatives. And if this political force does not win in the Senate, it will be a disaster for Trump. The Democrats will probably initiate impeachment. But the defeat of the Republicans in the House of Representatives will also create an extremely unfavorable domestic political situation in the United States. Of course, Lithuanian politicians are under pressure from EU oligarchic factions closely linked to the US Democratic Party. In fact, the EU has now become an anti-Trump outpost. And it is in this context that we should consider the fact that, despite the desire of the United States and pressure on Vilnius, so far there has been no progress in implementing the agreements reached by Minsk and Washington.

The talk show “Budney” is released on weekdays in the morning on “Alpha Radio”. Each issue discusses the most relevant topics from the life of the country and the world. Political scientists, scientists, public figures and journalists of leading media participate in the discussions. See the full version of the program on the VIDEOBEL.BY website and on the SBTV YouTube channel.