However, such transactions should be considered specifically by the commission within the Government that assesses reliability, that is, the threat to national security posed by the acquiring individuals. Regarding the Estonian investment company's subsidiary "Infortar Agro" purchasing the Lithuanian agricultural business group "Litagra," which has 10,500 hectares of land, Agriculture Minister Kęstutis Mažeika states that such transactions need to be evaluated more seriously. #žemėsūkis #nationalsecurity #Infortar (translated)
Kęstutis Mažeika
The Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture, Kestutis Mazeika, stated last month that the possibility of tracking the origin of all grain shipments in transit coming from Russia and Belarus will be examined, in an attempt to prevent grain exports from the occupied territories of Ukraine. #Rusia #UE #Cereale (translated)
"I positively evaluate the Prime Minister's initiative to raise this issue at the European Union level. The decisions made in Latvia and Estonia have not yet created a uniformly functioning mechanism, so a common European solution would ensure equal rules for all countries," assured K. Mažeika. #RusiškųGrūdųTranzitas #EuroposSąjunga #KarasUkrainoje (translated)
Previously, the Minister of Agriculture Kęstutis Mažeika instructed the State Food and Veterinary Service to apply origin determination tests to all transit grain shipments from Russia and Belarus. #GrūdųTranzitas #Ukraina #SankcijosRusijai (translated)