{"id":163689,"date":"2025-11-11T15:12:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163689\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lukasenka-orders-ryzankou-to-address-border-tensions-with-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163689\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka orders FM Ry\u017eanko\u016d to address border 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\/2024\/04\/ryzhenkov-lukashenko-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ryzhenkov-lukashenko-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ryzhenkov-lukashenko-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ryzhenkov-lukashenko-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ryzhenkov-lukashenko-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ryzhenkov-lukashenko-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(\u0141uka\u0161enka&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 11, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has instructed Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d to negotiate \u201cnormalizing the situation and resuming full-fledged operation of checkpoints\u201d on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, his press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian ruler\u2019s move followed today\u2019s meeting with Ry\u017eanko\u016d, State Border Committee Chairman Kanstancin Mo\u0142asta\u016d and Committee for State Security (KGB) chief Ivan Tertel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian Security Council head Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d&nbsp;will reportedly coordinate talks with Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tensions between Belarus and Lithuania over cigarette-smuggling balloons have been rising since mid-October, forcing Lithuanian authorities to briefly close the border on several occasions and suspend operations at Vilnius Airport, located close to the Belarusian border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 29, the Lithuanian government ruled to keep the shared border with Belarus closed until November 30 following numerous airspace violations. The closure may be extended, Vilnius warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus described the Lithuanian decision to close the border as \u201ca politicized and ill-considered move\u201d that has caused significant losses for transport companies. Minsk banned nearly 1,100 Lithuania-registered trucks stranded in Belarus from leaving, linking their release to border reopening.<\/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\/2025\/11\/budris_rubio_mid_litvy-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/budris_rubio_mid_litvy-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/budris_rubio_mid_litvy-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/budris_rubio_mid_litvy-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/budris_rubio_mid_litvy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/budris_rubio_mid_litvy.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <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\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania\u2019s top diplomat discusses Minsk\u2019s hybrid threats in Washington<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 11, Pozirk. Lithuania&#039;s Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington yesterday to discuss the escalation of hybrid threats from Moscow and Minsk, the Lithuanian foreign ministry reported. Budrys thanked his American counterpart for &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/163673\">\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 11, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has instructed Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d to negotiate \u201cnormalizing the situation and resuming full-fledged operation of checkpoints\u201d on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, his press office reports. The Belarusian ruler\u2019s move followed today\u2019s meeting with Ry\u017eanko\u016d, State Border Committee Chairman Kanstancin Mo\u0142asta\u016d and Committee for State Security (KGB) chief Ivan Tertel. Belarusian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":77597,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-163689","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 orders FM Ry\u017eanko\u016d to address border tensions with Lithuania | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 11, Pozirk. 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