Following reports from Russia that Lithuania would like to participate in the construction of their nuclear power plant in Kaliningrad, the government has stated that the allegations are false.
Former Prime Minister of Lithuania Kazimiera Prunskiene and current member of the Peasant Popular Union went of her own accord to Russia to speak about Lithuania's involvement with the nuclear plant, which the government has lambasted and boycotted.
"After the statements that appeared in the Russian media that at the meeting with authorities of the Kaliningrad region Kazimiera Prunskiene voiced Lithuania’s interest to participate in the construction and exploitation of the nuclear power plant that is planned to be constructed in the region, we would like to point out that Prunskienė is not an elected politician and does not work in any state institution, therefore, she cannot speak on behalf of the state of Lithuania or its people. Her words do not reflect the official position of Lithuania," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
Prunskiene said that the nuclear power plant in the Kaliningrad region "is accepted as fact" in Lithuania, but the ministry stated that this is "totally at odds with reality, because Lithuania has not received from Russia any information that was many times requested regarding the criteria for selection of the nuclear power plant construction site in the Kaliningrad region, compliance with safety standards when constructing and exploiting this object, usage of the water from the Nemunas River for cooling the plant, thermal pollution of the Nemunas River basin and of the Curonian Lagoon, as well as the size of the sanitary-protective zone of the plant ant its legal status."
Lithuania is concerned about the nuclear power plant because of the dearth of information surrounding its safety and environmental planning.
President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius have emphasized that Lithuania wouldn't participate in the construction of the nuclear power plant.
The ministry suggested that she had gone to Russia with the clandestine aim to help certain private entities.
"If Prunskiene really wanted to represent the people of Lithuania, but not the interests of several construction companies, she should primarily aim at ensuring the transparency of Russia’s nuclear power plant project in Kaliningrad and its full conformity with international nuclear safety, radiation safety and environmental standards and the provision of the requested information to Lithuanian authorities and society."
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