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Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania call on EU to ban transit of Russian grain

  • 2026-10-09
  • LETA/BNS/TBT Staff

TALLINN - Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda sent a joint letter on Friday to European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, calling f...

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