MINSK, 28 November (BelTA) – Belarus has not received official information about the incident at the Ignalina nuclear power plant from Lithuania, BelTA learned from Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ruslan Varankov.
“Despite the existing intergovernmental agreement, agreements between the corresponding regulators of the two countries in the field of safety as well as agreements between emergency response agencies on the prompt notification about nuclear accidents and on sharing information about nuclear installations and nuclear activities, no official information about this incident has been received to date,” the press secretary said while commenting on earlier mass media reports about an incident at the Ignalina nuclear power plant.
“The fact [that there is no official information from the Lithuanian side] looks particularly cynical against the backdrop of Lithuania’s constant demands for so-called transparency with regard to the Belarusian nuclear power plant,” Ruslan Varanov pointed out.
Such behavior on the part of Lithuania is an eloquent example of classic double standards, the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted. “Maximum demands regarding fictitious situations for others and a complete lack of responsibility for themselves,” Ruslan Varankov remarked.
He pointed out that the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry, in a spirit of goodwill, as required by bilateral obligations, had promptly sent a proposal to Lithuanian colleagues to provide the necessary assistance by Belarusian specialists. “However, there has been no response,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said. “This case is not an episodic omission, but a manifestation of the established practice. The Lithuanian side demonstrates systemic disregard for its international obligations. It was also manifested during a recent closure of border crossings at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border.”
“We demand that Lithuania immediately provide full data about the incident at the Ignalina nuclear power plant and, on the whole, we demand that it strictly comply with all its obligations,” Ruslan Varankov emphasized.
According to previous mass media reports, a fire broke out in the primary radioactive waste processing complex of the Ignalina nuclear power plant on 25 November 2025. This incident is presumed to have been related to the decontamination of radioactive waste in a bead blasting machine.
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