Lukashenko skeptical of EU's threats to ban gas transit through Belarus

Minsk, June 2 - Neftegaz.RU. Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko was asked by journalists to comment on the EU's threats to ban the transit of Russian gas through Belarus, BelTA has learned.

Andrei Krivosheyev, a political columnist at the Belarusian TV and Radio Company, said that:

• These proposals are currently being discussed in the European Union
• In this way they want to make Russia to reconsider her interest in the «Ukrainian pipe»
• Such unfriendly steps of the West, the sanctions policy in general look more and more like a hostile takeover of sectors of the Belarusian economy

Aleksandr Lukashenko said:

• You have used the term «a hostile takeover»
• I absolutely agree with this
• It is true that these are attempts of a hostile takeover
• But they will fail

The European Union will not shoot itself in the foot by banning transit of Russian gas through Belarus, the president believes.
Lukashenko pointed out:

• This will come at too high a price for them
• In such a situation, they will be dealing not only with Belarus, but primarily with Russia