UPDATE - Lithuanian President Urges EU To Stop Commissioning Of ‘Unsafe’ Belarusian NPP The first Belarusian NPP started generating power on Tuesday. Lithuania has immediately ceased all power trading with its neighbor.

The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, in turn, sent a note of protest to Belarus on Wednesday.

“Belarus is urged to postpone the commissioning of its nuclear facility until the highest standards of nuclear safety and environmental requirements have been met,” the ministry said in a press release.

According to the ministry, the NPP has been constructed in violation of the Espoo and Aarhus conventions and Belarus has maintained only “selective cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.”

“Lithuania also reminds that Belarus has so far failed to answer questions regarding a proper seismic safety assessment of the Ostrovets site, its potential impact on the environment and the population of our country, safety culture, resilience to the impact of a heavy aircraft crash, and other issues raised by the responsible Lithuanian authorities,” it continued.