Baltics agree to jointly control movement of goods used for war

  • 2024-11-22
  • LETA/BNS/TBT Staff

VILNIUS - The Baltic states plan to jointly control the movement of goods whose exports to Russia and Belarus is banned as they are being used for war, and they have agreed to draw up a regional list of sensitive controlled battlefield goods.

The agreement by the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian prime ministers was reached during their meeting in Vilnius on Friday.

"We have published a joint declaration by the prime ministers of the three Baltic states as a commitment to soon draw up a joint regional list of controlled items found on the battlefield," acting Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte told journalists after the meeting.

The declaration was adopted as part of the efforts to strengthen the control of the existing sanctions against Belarus and Russia.

The list will be drawn up by the countries' Foreign Ministries and related authorities.