{"id":116663,"date":"2024-12-04T13:40:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T10:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/116663\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"vilnius-notifies-minsk-of-terminating-customs-cooperation-agreement","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/116663\/","title":{"rendered":"Vilnius notifies Minsk of terminating customs cooperation agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bieniakoni_tamozhnia_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bieniakoni_tamozhnia_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bieniakoni_tamozhnia_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bieniakoni_tamozhnia_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bieniakoni_tamozhnia_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bieniakoni_tamozhnia_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(State Customs Committee)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 4, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Lithuanian foreign ministry has notified the Belarusian embassy in Vilnius about the termination of the customs cooperation agreement with Belarus, the State Customs Committee (SCC) reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement, regulating various areas of cooperation, from customs controls to information exchange on combatting drug trafficking, will expire on May 27, 2025, six months after the notification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks ago, Lithuania&#8217;s Finance Minister Gintar\u0117 Skaist\u0117 linked the termination of the agreement to a de facto end of cooperation between the customs agencies of the two countries since the start of Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine, in which Minsk supports the Kremlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian customs agency blamed \u201cLithuanian politicians, who are not inclined to cooperate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/litva-gerb-karta-1128-pixabay-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/litva-gerb-karta-1128-pixabay-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/litva-gerb-karta-1128-pixabay-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/litva-gerb-karta-1128-pixabay-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/litva-gerb-karta-1128-pixabay-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/litva-gerb-karta-1128-pixabay.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania to denounce customs agreements with Belarus, Russia<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 25,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The Lithuanian government has approved bills to denounce customs agreements with Belarus and Russia, the government\u2019s press office reported. \u201cTaking into account the continuing unprecedented military aggression by Russia and its accomplice Belarus against Ukraine and flagrant violations of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/106549\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 4, Pozirk. 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