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April 22, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The state-run Belarusian Railway offered Poland, Lithuania and Latvia to resume passenger services at a high-level event hosted by the Organization for Cooperation between Railways that took place last week in Warsaw, its press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference brought together 23 railway CEOs from countries that secure transport links between Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian delegation reportedly met executives from Poland and Latvia face to face, while issuing an appeal to Lithuania indirectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian Railway had been proposing restoring passenger links with Western Europe for years, its executive Siarhiej \u0160emiet said earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rail passenger traffic between Belarus and Lithuania, Poland and Latvia, has been suspended since 2020 when it was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, these routes accounted for 20 percent of company\u2019s international rail traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is daily bus service between Minsk and Vilnius, Riga and Warsaw yet there are often long queues to exit and enter Belarus due to a limited number of operating border crossings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air links between Belarus and the European Union were severed four years ago over the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk after Belarusian security officers cited a false bomb threat to divert the passenger aircraft and arrest prominent journalist Raman Pratasievi\u010d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: Belarusian, Iranian railway chiefs meet in Minsk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April 22, Pozirk. The state-run Belarusian Railway offered Poland, Lithuania and Latvia to resume passenger services at a high-level event hosted by the Organization for Cooperation between Railways that took place last week in Warsaw, its press office reported. The conference brought together 23 railway CEOs from countries that secure transport links between Europe and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":67517,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-135219","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBelarusian Railway urges western neighbors to resume passenger service | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 22, Pozirk. 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