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Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs appreciates the attention of the European Commission (EC) given to the integration of Lithuania and other Baltic States into the common European Union energy market. This goal is one of the priorities of the EC. The support of the European Commission for international linking of electricity grids and for the implementation of other energy projects, which would contribute to the removal of energy isolation of the Baltic States and to the reduction of their dependence on one single external energy supplier, is important to Lithuania.

The new nuclear power plant is a big regional project, the implementation of which has a strategic significance for the energy security not only in Lithuania, but also in other countries of the region. The European Commission follows the implementation of this project, because Lithuania’s energy security is an integral part of the EU energy policy.

Considering the significance of the project for the energy security in the region and in the entire EU, Lithuania and the EC are steadily exchanging information on practical and legal aspects of the implementation of the new nuclear power plant and other energy projects. It is standard practice of cooperation between the EU Member States and the European Commission. However, the European Commission has not presented any formal conclusions that the establishment of the LEO LT contradicted the EU law.