“Obviously, the EU, in my opinion, let’s say, does not use the full range of tools and levers to force ... Vilnius to do what it should have done if the EU really intends to do what it said,” — quotes the diplomat RIA Novosti.

Earlier it was reported that Lithuania expanded restrictions on the transit of goods to the Kaliningrad region, banning the transportation of cement, alcohol and other goods from Russia through its territory, in connection with the entry into force of European sanctions on them.

The representative of the European Commission, Dan Ferry, at a briefing in Brussels later noted that the EC did not give Lithuania any new clarifications on transit to the Kaliningrad region.