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Therefore, we urge Belarus not to load nuclear fuel into its nuclear power station until full implementation of the recommendations by international experts. We agreed to consult regularly on all these issues,» told L. Linkevičius as quoted by the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry.

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also sent a diplomatic note to Belarus, requesting the neighbouring state to give priority to safety rather than to the construction schedule, and to avoid jeopardizing its own residents, as well as citizens in other countries.

A positive step in this direction, as is expected by Lithuania and the European Union, would be to halt the launch of the Belarusian NPP and to immediately organize an official EU expert review of the implementation of the stress test recommendations under the National Action Plan, as well as to promptly welcome a group of international experts that would monitor the process, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry wrote in the press release.