Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the three Baltic states, have announced that they have stopped purchasing natural gas from Russia following a military invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
This was revealed by Latvian Prime Minister Karinsh at a joint press conference after meeting with the Prime Ministers of Estonia and Lithuania in the capital Riga on the 22nd.
"Neither Latvia nor Estonia nor Lithuania are currently buying gas from Russia. They are working together to ensure that they will not need to buy it in the future," Kalniš strongly condemned Russia's military invasion. He said that he had already stopped purchasing natural gas from Russia and expressed his intention not to purchase it in the future.
Prior to this, Lithuania announced on the 2nd of this month that it was the first EU-European Union member state to completely shut down natural gas from Russia, and released gas from Russia to other EU member states. I was calling to stop.
At the meeting, the prime ministers of the three countries indicated that they would increase defense spending and raise NATO = GDP exceeding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's target to 2.5% of GDP, and then told NATO the three Baltic countries. Called for deeper military involvement in.
The three Baltic countries, which are geographically close to Russia, are raising a sense of crisis about this military invasion, and by stopping the purchase of gas, Russia's influence in the energy sector will be eliminated and economic pressure on the Putin administration It seems that there is an aim to strengthen.