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The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry believes that decisions can be made at the regio...

Baltic States, Poland, Finland can prohibit the issuance of visas to the Russians unless the EU does

The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry believes that decisions can be made at the regional level and Vilnius will discuss it. The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that if the European Union did not agree to prohibit the issuance of visas to Russian citizens, then it can be done at the regional level and Vilnius will discuss it. Several countries may join this initiative. The head of Gabrielus Landsbergis said this, reports the Estonian edition of Postimees.

According to him, Lithuania will focus primarily on the EU decision. However, he does not reject that it is possible to find a regional decision to prohibit visa visas to citizens of the Russian Federation together with Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Finland. "First of all, we will seek the European decision because it is most strong, rightfully from a legal point of view . . .

If this is not, we do not reject the possibility of finding a regional solution that would include the Baltic States, Poland, and potentially Finland," Landsbergis said. We will remind, on August 23 CNN reported that the United States did not support a full ban on issuing visas to the Russians. The States are drawing a line between the actions of the Russian government and the Russian people. Washington will continue to look for tools to bring the Kremlin to account.

On August 17, the Foreign Minister of Denmark, EPPE Cordy, stated that he supported the prohibition of visas to the Russians. According to him, Russian tourists should not sunbathe and live in the fuss of Southern Europe, while Ukrainian cities are beyond recognition. In addition, on August 15, the media reported that Canada stopped issuing visas to Russian citizens. The Warsaw Visa Center refuses to receive documents even to those Russians who have official working contracts.