He spoke about this at a meeting with representatives of the public, commenting on his negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi.
“We also spoke very seriously about the reorientation of cargo flows from the Baltic to St. Petersburg.
I told him bluntly: if you offer such conditions as we have in the Baltics, we don't care.
Knowing that I had not yet left Sochi, he gave the order to calculate all this and hold negotiations on this score, ”BelTA quotes Lukashenka.
Earlier, Lukashenka threatened to respond to countries that will impose sanctions on Belarus.
In particular, the head of state has already instructed the government to submit a proposal to reorient all trade flows from Lithuanian ports to others.
On September 3, Russia and Belarus discussed the transfer of oil flows from Lithuanian ports through Russian ports.