{"id":165887,"date":"2025-11-27T15:26:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165887\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lithuanias-pm-latvia-poland-willing-to-discuss-joint-closure-of-belarus-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165887\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania’s PM: Latvia, Poland willing to discuss joint closure of Belarus border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 27, <\/strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Latvia and Poland are ready to discuss a coordinated closure of their borders with Belarus amid continuing incursions of weather balloons, Delfi <\/em>reports, citing Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginien\u0117.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPoland and Latvia\u2019s prime ministers have assured me they are ready to negotiate a joint decision, though we have not reached that point yet. When we do, we will coordinate our actions,\u201d she told LRT<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The Medininkai\u2013Kamienny \u0141oh and \u0160al\u010dininkai\u2013Bieniakoni checkpoints at the Lithuanian-Belarusian border remained closed from October 29 until November 20. Lithuania\u2019s decision to close the border prompted Warsaw to postpone the reopening of two Polish\u2013Belarusian checkpoints to mid-November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, more than 1,200 Lithuania-registered trucks remain stranded in Belarus. Belarusian authorities barred these cargo vehicles from leaving the country and ordered them moved to guarded parking sites. Vilnius, in turn, accused Belarus of escalation by seizing the vehicles and preventing their return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk pushes for consultations between the countries\u2019 foreign ministries, while Lithuania views potential talks as an effort to break the international isolation of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime and potentially pave the way for easing sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vilnius is also reluctant to launch negotiations, as Lithuania curtailed official contacts with Minsk after what it described as the rigged 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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