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This brings the total of closed border crossings into the Baltic country to four. Vilnius also decided to suspend the movement of pedestrians and cyclists through the last remaining checkpoints.
The Lithuanian government has said that the crossings at Tverecius and Sumskas will be closed, and traffic will be diverted to the Medininkai border checkpoint, which is the largest of Lithuania ...
The bill terminated the agreement signed by the governments of Lithuania and Belarus in Vilnius on June 1, 2006, to set out areas of cross-border cooperation between the two neighbouring countries. [31] One of the two rail crossings was closed in February 2023 because of excessive smuggling from Belarus to Lithuania and Kaliningrad. [32]
The Belarus–Lithuania border is an international border almost 678.8 km (421.8 mi) [2] in length between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Lithuania ().It is an external border of the European Union as well as the western border of the Commonwealth of Independent States. 379.9 km (236.1 mi) of the border is on land, while 298.9 km (185.7 mi) are on water, crossing lakes, e.g. Lake ...
Lithuania may close border crossing points with Belarus if migrants continue to be smuggled into its territory on trucks, Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite said on Friday. The Lithuanian border ...
On 21 June Lithuania extended restrictions on freight vehicles as well. In response, the Russian delegation began to openly threaten Lithuania. [ 6 ] [ 5 ] [ 7 ] Andrey Arkadyevich Klimov [ ru ] , the head of the temporary commission of the Federation Council for the protection of sovereignty, said that if the EU "does not correct the situation ...
August 18 – due ongoing political tension and Wagner Group placement in Belarus, Lithuania closed two out of six road border crossings with Belarus near Tverečius and Šumskas. [19] December 27 – after 16 years the direct train link renewed between Vilnius and Riga. [20]
Lithuania's interior ministry will propose to the government to close two out of the country's four remaining border crossing points with Belarus, news agency BNS reported on Monday, quoting ...