Lithuania warns Belarus over launch of second unit of nuclear power plant

VILNIUS, 24 November 2021, (TON): The Lithuanian authorities sent Belarus a note of protest in connection with the planned physical launch of the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP) located at the Lithuanian border and 50 km from Vilnius by the end of this year.

According to the Foreign Ministry of the Baltic Republic, the note was presented to the representative of the Belarusian Embassy in Lithuania.

The text of the document is quoted in the message “with the start of operation of the second unit of the BelNPP, threats in the field of nuclear safety and environmental protection for Lithuania and other countries of the region will double, therefore we demand that Belarus refrain from this irresponsible and increasing danger decision.”

At the same time, Vilnius demanded to stop the operation of the first unit of the BelNPP until “until all the requirements of nuclear safety are taken into account.”

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