US authorities are pressuring Lithuania to resume potash fertilizer exports from Belarus through the Klaipėda port, European officials said. The administration of US President Donald Trump insists on allowing the export of Belarusian fertilizers through the main port in the Baltic Sea, Politico writes. In recent weeks, the special envoy of the American leader John Cole has been examining the possibility of easing the restrictions on the import of goods from Belarus. According to one of the European sources, the US has been negotiating for a long time to renew the supply of Belarusian fertilizers to the world market through Baltic ports, including those in Latvia. Kol has already contacted his colleagues in Latvia about this. The EU must renew sanctions against Belarus every year, and Lithuania, which will take over the EU Council presidency in early 2027, can veto these restrictions. However, European officials do not want to follow the US direction towards Belarus, the publication notes.

US authorities are pressuring Lithuania to resume potash fertilizer exports from Belarus through the Klaipėda port, European officials said. The administration of US President Donald Trump insists on allowing the export of Belarusian fertilizers through the main port in the Baltic Sea, Politico writes. In recent weeks, the special envoy of the American leader John Cole has been examining the possibility of easing the restrictions on the import of goods from Belarus. According to one of the European sources, the US has been negotiating for a long time to renew the supply of Belarusian fertilizers to the world market through Baltic ports, including those in Latvia. Kol has already contacted his colleagues in Latvia about this. The EU must renew sanctions against Belarus every year, and Lithuania, which will take over the EU Council presidency in early 2027, can veto these restrictions. However, European officials do not want to follow the US direction towards Belarus, the publication notes.