LITHUANIA SUPPORTS E-PINE PAPER ON BELARUS

C O N F I D E N T I A L VILNIUS 001488 SIPDIS STATE FOR EUR/NB AND EUR/UMB E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/06/2014 TAGS: PREL KNEI LH SUBJECT: LITHUANIA SUPPORTS E-PINE PAPER ON BELARUS REF: SECSTATE 256629 Classified By: POL/ECON OFFICER TREVOR BOYD FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D) (C) We delivered reftel paper on Belarus to Mindaugas Kacerauskis, head of MFA's Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine Division on December 2. Kacerauskis said that Lithuania supports the themes and actions detailed in the paper, including the institution of "limited" economic measures to freeze the personal financial assets of the Belarusian leadership. Kacerauskis said that the EU, however, would likely not support economic sanctions in any form over concern that such measures would more negatively affect the Belarusian people than the Belarusian leadership. MULL