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Lithuania could begin importing LNG from USA

BC, Vilnius, 13.10.2014.Print version
During his meeting with United States Secretary of Commerce Penne Sue Pritzker on 11 October in Washington, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius discussed the EU negotiations with the US over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement (TTIP) and stressed that once the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal starts operating in Lithuania, the country could begin importing LNG, informs LETA/ELTA.

The PM told the secretary of commerce that bilateral relations of Lithuania and the US are developing dynamically: compared to 2012, bilateral trade volume in 2013 increased by more than 60%.

 

Butkevicius highlighted that US market opening for Lithuanian meat products would be a sign of economic solidarity as Lithuanian meat producers have lost 25% of their exports market due to Russia's embargo and the US could become an alternative for them.

 

"The least that the US administration could do in order to demonstrate their solidarity and support to Lithuanian producers, farmers and providers of transportation and logistics services is to put Lithuania in the Federal Register of countries which are allowed to import meat products as soon as possible," Lithuania's prime minister said.





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