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Just as Russia and Lithuania revolved around the latter's traffic restrictions on Russia's Filinrad, the highest diplomat in the diplomatic field, the EU's highest diplomat released signals to ease the situation in public.

According to the British "Financial Times" reported on the 23rd, Birley, a senior representative of the EU diplomacy and security policy, said that "the EU does not want to block or stop the traffic between Russia and Kalinrad." Berry added that the EU sanction The measures should be implemented "in a wise way", "we have two goals: prevent Russia from avoiding sanctions; don't block traffic. Both things can be realized, we are working for this."

According to reports, Berrely made the above remarks before the EU Leaders' Summit was held. A person familiar with the matter told the Financial Times that some EU officials and diplomats questioned the scale and intensity of Lithuania's inspection of Russian train transportation.

According to the Financial Times, the European Commission is now preparing a guidelines for the establishment of Lithuania's actions to clarify the impact of sanctions and try to calm the dispute.

Beginning on June 18, Lithuania began to impose sanctions on Russia, prohibiting some Russian goods from passing through the country, and the main railway lines connecting Russia and Kalinrad are located in Lithuania. Lithuania's action caused a strong response from Moscow. Foreign Minister Lithuania publicly stated on the 20th that Lithuanian decision was made after consultation with the European Commission and under the guidance of the latter.

Interestingly, unlike the EU who relieved the signal, on June 21, the US State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a press conference that the United States welcomes Lithuania and other countries to take "unprecedented economic measures" to Russia. Essence Prince also said that the United States supports NATO allies and Lithuania on security issues.

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