{"id":163387,"date":"2025-11-08T18:13:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T15:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163387\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lukasenka-instructs-border-guards-amid-tensions-with-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163387\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka instructs border guards amid tensions with Lithuania"},"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\/2025\/05\/granica_bel_lit_gpk_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/granica_bel_lit_gpk_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/granica_bel_lit_gpk_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/granica_bel_lit_gpk_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/granica_bel_lit_gpk_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/granica_bel_lit_gpk_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Belarusian border committee)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 8, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk<\/strong>. <\/em>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka ordered border guards along the Lithuanian frontier to follow new instructions in the coming days, his press office announced, without providing further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian ruler shared the instructions with Kanstancin Mo\u0142asta\u016d, chairman of the State Border Committee, during a meeting yesterday dedicated to the Belarusian-Lithuanian border that Vilnius closed on October 29 over the influx of cigarette-smuggling balloons from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, Lithuanian Interior Minister Vladislav Kondratovi\u010d told journalists that the return of about 400 Lithuanian trucks out of about 2,000 that remain stranded in Belarus could be arranged by Lithuanian and Belarusian border guards without referring to higher authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation with remaining Lithuania-registered trucks on Belarusian territory has not yet been resolved, he admitted, referring to&nbsp;Minsk\u2019s move two days ago to ban Lithuanian trucks stranded in Belarus from leaving the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian foreign ministry\u2019s spokesman Rus\u0142an Varanko\u016d said Lithuania made a unilateral decision to close the border with Belarus, and therefore Minsk was not responsible for the decision\u2019s \u201cnegative consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginien\u0117 indicated that Vilnius was negotiating the return of trucks. \u00a0<\/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\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Minsk blocks return of Lithuanian trucks, urges Vilnius to reopen border<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 6, Pozirk. Minsk has indicated that it will not allow Lithuanian trucks stranded in Belarus out of the country, according to a statement by the foreign ministry&#039;s spokesman Rus\u0142an Varanko\u016d. He said Lithuania made a unilateral decision to close &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/163288\">\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>November 8, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka ordered border guards along the Lithuanian frontier to follow new instructions in the coming days, his press office announced, without providing further details. The Belarusian ruler shared the instructions with Kanstancin Mo\u0142asta\u016d, chairman of the State Border Committee, during a meeting yesterday dedicated to the Belarusian-Lithuanian border that Vilnius closed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":139611,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-163387","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka instructs border guards amid tensions with Lithuania | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 8, Pozirk. 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