{"id":163569,"date":"2025-11-10T17:42:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163569\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"vilnius-accuses-minsk-of-holding-lithuanian-carriers-hostage","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163569\/","title":{"rendered":"Vilnius accuses Minsk of holding Lithuanian carriers hostage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 10, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Belarusian side is holding Lithuanian carriers and their property hostage, said<\/a> Ignas Dobrovolskas, adviser to the Lithuanian prime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian regime continues to choose solutions that do not de-escalate the situation, Dobrovolskas said, according to Delfi<\/em>. Businesses in Lithuania and other countries are still being held hostage, he said\u2014instead of allowing trucks to pass through Medininkai or solving the problem by directing them to \u0160al\u010dininkai, guards are sending them to \u201cyet another closed checkpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier today, the Belarusian State Customs Committee announced that more than 1,100 Lithuanian trucks stranded in Belarus will be parked at guarded parking lots near checkpoints until Lithuania opens the border with Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trucks will be parked near the Kamienny \u0141oh-Medininkai, Bieniakoni-\u0160al\u010dininkai and Kat\u0142o\u016dka-Lavori\u0161k\u0117s crossings at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border and the Bierastavica-Bobrowniki crossing at the Belarusian-Polish border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus\u2019 State Border Committee suspended the processing of outbound trucks with Lithuanian license plates at 9 a.m. on November 10, instructing the vehicles to proceed to designated parking areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move marks a new escalation in the standoff between the two countries after Lithuania closed its border with Belarus last month, citing an influx of weather balloons used to smuggle cigarettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian foreign ministry said that more than 1,100 Lithuanian trucks remain stranded in Belarus. The authorities have directed the vehicles to secure parking lots near the Kat\u0142o\u016dka\u2013Lavori\u0161k\u0117s checkpoint, which Vilnius has kept closed since March 2024. Minsk advised drivers to return home and stay there until Lithuania reopens the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stranded Lithuanian trucks ordered to proceed to parking lots at four checkpoints<\/h3>\n
November 10, Pozirk. More than 1,100 Lithuanian trucks stranded in Belarus will be parked at guarded parking lots near checkpoints until Lithuania opens the border with Belarus, the Belarusian State Customs Committee has announced. The trucks will be parked near the …<\/div>\n \n