(ANSA-AFP) - MOSCOW, JUL 11 - The leaders of Russia and
Belarus discussed possible joint measures against Lithuania over
its "illegal" transit restrictions affecting Moscow's exclave of
Kaliningrad, the Kremlin said Monday. Vilnius has restricted the
transit of goods sanctioned by the EU into Kaliningrad, a
Russian region sandwiched between NATO members Lithuania and
Poland, since mid-June. The move has infuriated Moscow. "An
emphasis was made on the situation in connection with the
illegal restrictions imposed by Lithuania on the transit of
goods to the Kaliningrad region," the Kremlin said in a
statement. "In this context, some possible joint steps were
discussed." The communique was issued after talks between
Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Belarusian strongman Alexander
Lukashenko. Lithuania borders the heavily militarised
Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea, but not mainland Russia.
It also shares a 680-kilometre (422-mile) border with Belarus,
the Kremlin's main ally, which has served as a staging ground
for the Russian army in its offensive on Ukraine. (ANSA-AFP).
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