Thread: Economic sanctions

Originally Posted by malmomike77

In that case why are they so worried about not being able to bring in foreign bought goods through their Baltic enclave, surely by your logic that works for Russia.

The countries agreed to allow no restrictions on cargo traffic.

Lithuania has unilaterally broken article 14 of this Treaty.

The EU has also broken article 14 of the Treaty by illegally forcing Lithuania to sanction Russia.

No. 31051
LITHUANIA
and
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Treaty on the basis for relations between States.
Signed at Moscow on 29 July 1991

Authentic texts: Lithuanian and Russian.
Registered by Lithuania on 21 June 1994.

1994United Nations — Treaty Series•Nations Unies — Recueil des Traités21

[TRANSLATION1— TRADUCTION2]

TREATY3BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA AND THE
RUSSIANSOVIETFEDERATEDSOCIALISTREPUBLIC ON
THE BASIS FOR RELATIONS BETWEEN STATES

The Republic of Lithuania and the Russian Soviet Federated Republic, here-
inafter called "the High Contracting Parties",

Assigning to the past events and actions that hindered each High Contracting
Party from fully and freely realising their state sovereignty,

And being convinced that once the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics annuls
the consequences of the 1940 annexation violating Lithuania's sovereignty, created
will be additional conditions for mutual trust between the High Contracting Parties
and their peoples,

Having decided, for the good of the peoples of both countries, to base relations
between their states on the principles of friendship, good-neighbourliness, equal
rights, and mutual benefit according to universally recognised norms of international
law,

Affirming their adherence to the goals and principles of the Charter of the
United Nations Organisation and documents of the Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe,4

Stating their resolve to abide by international standards of human rights,

Have agreed as follows:

The Republic of Lithuania and the Russian Soviet Federated Republic,
here-inafter called "the High Contracting Parties":

....

Article 14

The High Contracting Parties, securing transit passenger and cargo traffic through their sea and river ports and airports, by railway and motorway, as well as pipe-line, shall conclude a special agreement concerning the regulation, without dis-crimination of transit passenger and cargo traffic.


https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publicat...51-English.pdf

However, the EU may, or may not, be having second thoughts.

23 Jun, 2022 17:17 HomeRussia & FSU

EU to review Kaliningrad blockade

Sanctions guidelines shouldn't “block” traffic between Russia and its Kaliningrad exclave, top diplomat says

"The EU is not seeking to impose a “blockade” on Russia’s Kaliningrad Region and will review its sanctions guidelines to avoid “blocking” traffic into and out of the exclave, the bloc’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said Thursday.

Lithuania’s actions to restrict transit to and from Kaliningrad, implemented under EU Commission guidelines, are aimed foremost at preventing the circumvention of anti-Russia sanctions imposed over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Borrell explained.

“We want to make controls that could prevent any kind of sanctions avoidance, and not preventing the traffic. And the [European] Commission and the European External Action Service are going to review the guidelines in order to clarify that we do not want to block or prevent the traffic between Russia and Kaliningrad,”

the diplomat told a news conference.

There are some goods which are under control and this control has to be implemented in a clever and smart way in order to control the sanctions, but not obstructing the traffic between Kaliningrad and Russia.

Over the weekend, Lithuania’s national railway operator banned the flow of sanctioned goods between the region and mainland Russia, citing sanctions guidelines from the European Commission. The restrictions, expected to affect roughly 50% of cargo flow between the exclave and the rest of Russia, have already hit road traffic as well, according to Kaliningrad officials.

While Moscow has branded the move an “economic blockade” of the region, both the EU and Vilnius insist the restrictions should not be perceived like that.

Top Russian officials vowed a response to the “hostile” actions, the head of Russia’s Security Council, Nikolay Patrushev, promising retaliatory steps that would “have a serious negative impact on the people of Lithuania.”

“Of course, Russia will respond to hostile actions. Appropriate measures are in the works, and will be adopted in the near future,” Patrushev told media during his visit to Kaliningrad on Tuesday."

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