He noted that "madmen in Latvia and Lithuania" closed their ports at a loss, and Belarus is no longer allowed into Odessa.

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) we are starting to work from the eastern ports.

We want to build a port in Murmansk and we will use the Northern Sea Route to reach you with our goods.

Such were the plans, they began to be implemented,” Lukashenka said.

Earlier, the President of Belarus, at a meeting with the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, announced the desire of Minsk to reorient about 20 million tons of cargo to the ports of the city.