{"id":163766,"date":"2025-11-12T00:09:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163766\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lithuanian-fm-rejects-minsks-call-for-talks-on-reopening-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163766\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian FM rejects Minsk\u2019s call for talks on reopening border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 12, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Lithuanian Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys will refuse to negotiate with Belarus the reopening of checkpoints at the shared border, although Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka instructed his foreign minister to start such talks. Lithuania\u2019s top diplomat, who is visiting Washington, said<\/a> so in an interview with 15min.lt <\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u0141uka\u0161enka does not set the rules\u2026 My insistent recommendation to my government will be to not follow the route which they are trying to force on us,\u201d Budrys said<\/a>, according to Reuters<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are not left alone, we have full involvement of the USA,\u201d Budrys added, pointing to his meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy to Belarus, John Coale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The minister signaled that Lithuania would reopen the border if the smugglers\u2019 balloons stopped entering its airspace, and if about 1,000 Lithuanian trucks stranded in Belarus after the border closure were allowed to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier today, the Lithuanian foreign ministry summoned a staffer of the Belarusian embassy in Vilnius to protest in strong terms \u201cBelarus\u2019 ongoing violations of Lithuanian airspace, which should be regarded as hybrid attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Lithuanian ministry, Minsk’s diplomat was called after airspace violations from Belarusian territory were documented on November 8 and 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u0141uka\u0161enka orders FM Ry\u017eanko\u016d to address border tensions with Lithuania<\/h3>\n
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 …<\/div>\n \n