PM: If necessary, Belarus will stop timber supplies to Lithuania

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko spoke about the possible termination of timber exports to Lithuania in an interview to Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned. “If we look at the goods Belarus exports to Lithuania, these are wood products.

Sawn wood is sold to Lithuania, where Lithuanian woodworking enterprises process it further to export to the EU countries,” said Roman Golovchenko. The prime minister stressed: “If it is necessary, we will close this supply channel.

Where will Lithuania get wood and what will Lithuanian woodworkers do is a big question. We will simply sell the wood to other markets.