Latvia, Lithuania make progress on Butingeā€¦

  • 1998-10-01
  • Daniel Silva
RIGA - Following a meeting with his Lithuanian counterpart, Latvian Environment Minister Indulis Emsis is optimistic that differences between the two countries over the Butinge oil terminal can be resolved."The Lithuanian environment minister seemed to clearly understand Latvia's position and did not see anything exaggerated in Latvia's wishes," Emsis told reporters at a press conference Sept. 22 to discuss the results of his meeting the day before in Vilnius with Algis Caplikas.One of Latvia's main concerns is that Lithuania has not drafted a contingency cleanup plan for how it would deal ...
 
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