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The decision came as Lithuanians grow increasingly worried about the presence of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries in Belarus. Lithuania to temporarily close two checkpoints with Belarus amid ...
Lithuania decided Wednesday to seal off another two of its six checkpoints with Belarus as of next month, amid growing tensions with its eastern neighbor, an ally of Russia. This brings the total ...
The Lithuanian government on Aug. 16 announced the closure of two other Belarus border crossing points, cutting the number to four from six, blaming "geopolitical circumstances" weeks after ...
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]
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 ...
In May 2021, Lithuania began reporting a sudden increase in the number of irregular border crossings from Belarus. [48] By June, Lithuania had detained over 600 people trying to enter the country (for comparison, 81 people were apprehended in the entire previous year).
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 ...
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 ...