{"id":165567,"date":"2025-11-25T16:08:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165567\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"minsk-refuses-to-release-lithuanian-trucks-insisting-on-meeting-of-diplomats","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165567\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk refuses to release Lithuanian trucks, insisting on meeting of diplomats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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November 25, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Minsk insists on a meeting of diplomats to resolve an ongoing impasse over Lithuanian trucks stranded in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ours and Lithuanian, meet to resolve the situation,\u201d Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka told Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d, state secretary of the Security Council, today. So far, there have been no reports that Vilnius has accepted the proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian ruler said that he had instructed Valfovi\u010d to meet with drivers to explain what was going on and who was to blame. \u201cI believe you did so,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting comes the day after Vilnius condemned Minsk\u2019s refusal to release more than 1,200 Lithuanian trucks stranded on Belarusian territory, calling it \u201ca deliberate seizure of property and a gross violation of universally recognized norms of international law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trucks entered Belarus before Lithuania closed the border in late October and remain parked in designated holding areas even after Lithuania reopened the Medininkai\u2013Kamienny \u0141oh and \u0160al\u010dininkai\u2013Bieniakoni checkpoints on November 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Minsk proposed consultations between the countries\u2019 foreign ministries to create a mechanism ensuring stable border-crossing procedures and preventing future closures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vilnius might be reluctant to accept the invitation since Lithuania limited official contacts with Minsk after what it called rigged presidential election of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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