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On Tuesday Moscow has warned Vilnius, that that in reply to the termination of deliveries of oil on Ma? eikiu nafta has not entered any restrictions on railway transit through Lithuania into Kaliningrad. Of Vilnius have assured, that of what similar even did not think.

" Applications of some Lithuanian officials that the railway to Kaliningrad can be under repair, – unreasonable and provocative ", – the agency the Interfax quotes words of the deputy minister of foreign affairs of Russia of Vladimir Titov. As he said, such repair work would render negative influence on the Russian-Lithuanian attitudes. Titov has added, what, despite of failure on an oil pipeline “Friendship” on July, 29th, Ma? eikiu nafta receives raw material another by.

The government of Lithuania has assured the Russian party, that " transit to Kaliningrad will not be limited, even if because of the technical reasons repair of the railway " is required. The same Vladimir Titov has informed On it all. Causes a regret, the diplomat has noticed, that " failure on an oil pipeline " the Friendship " has generated so much gamble ". " Work of an oil pipeline cannot be renewed in former volumes immediately, – Titov has informed. – it is necessary to find out the reasons of failure and to arrange, to exclude any opportunity of ecological accident ".

Essentially important, it has emphasized, that, despite of failure, " the Russian oil continues to act on Мажейкяйский combine according to the concluded contracts alternative routes ". Therefore " appeared in Lithuania from some officials hints on an opportunity of carrying out in the answer of " political repair " railroad tracks on the Kaliningrad direction not only are groundless, but also провокационны ". " Authors of such ideas should realize, that similar threats are fraught with serious consequences for mutual relations ", – Titov has told.

Russian version: Нефть в обмен на шпалы
31 August 2006
Author: www.telegraf.lv
Tags: world, business, economics, Litva, Russia, oil, Mažeikiu nafta,