"What size this list will be is difficult to say, but it seems that at the first stage it will not be the one I expected," TASS quotes him.
At the same time, he expressed the hope that "this is not the end" and further actions of the EU will depend on the situation in Belarus.
On August 19, it became known that the European Union would impose sanctions against a "significant" number of persons in Belarus "responsible for the violence and electoral fraud."
Due to the threat of sanctions, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko instructed the government to submit a proposal to reorient all trade flows from Lithuanian ports to others.
In response, Lithuania said that Belarus would “punish itself” if it refuses to use Lithuanian ports for the transit of goods.