Yesterday, August 12, in Lithuania there was a discussion about using Lithuanian companies, suffered from the Russian embargo on imports of European countries, reports IA REGNUM.

Minister of agriculture of Lithuania Virginia Maltraitance during the meeting, spoke about the measures that the government is already taking to reduce damage Lithuanian entrepreneurs. MPs have proposed to reduce VAT for farmers, as well as to seek support from the EU. Former Minister of agriculture, the Sejm Deputy from the party "" homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats Kazys Stankevicius made a proposal about a retaliatory sanctions. IN his opinion, it would be appropriate to restrict the transit of food through the territory of Lithuania in Kaliningrad region.

"Kaliningrad, as we see, was closed. Russia will supply the products in Kaliningrad on the aircraft, on ships? This is expensive. Of course, to be transported by train through Lithuania and Poland. In Russia raging swine fever, problems with plants. We need to negotiate with the poles. To look at it seriously. The infection may through trains to spread. Here prinzipialnie could be a Service control plants", - said Stankevicius, arguing that the closure of the transit of food in the Russian enclave of the reasons is always there.