Lithuania believes EU will make mistake if it returns to buying Russian gas

Saulius Skvernelis, Speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, believes that it would be a big mistake if the EU returned to buying gas from Russia.

Source: European Pravda with reference to Delfi, a  Baltic states news website

Quote: "It seems to me that everyone in Europe has realised that there are alternatives, so it would be a big mistake to go back to the old way when you know that this could become a tool for blackmail, and we would be strengthening the military industry in Russia again, which is already working at full capacity."

Background:

• The Financial Times reported earlier that European officials had begun discussing the idea of resuming gas purchases from Russia as part of a potential settlement of the war in Ukraine.
• Nevertheless, Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said that the country is not considering resuming purchases of Russian gas.

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