{"id":174633,"date":"2026-02-06T22:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/174633\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lithuanias-security-chief-says-lukasenkas-policies-remain-unchanged","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/174633\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania\u2019s security chief says \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s policies remain unchanged"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

February 6, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> There are no visible changes in the policies of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime, Remigijus Bridikis, director of Lithuania\u2019s State Security Department, told reporters on February 6, according to BNS<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked by journalists to comment on calls by former Belarusian political prisoner Maryja Kale\u015bnikava for expanding passenger transport services with Belarus, Bridikis indicated that Lithuania continues to adhere to its often-repeated demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe should probably figure out and answer ourselves whether or not the regime has changed. Has its record on freedoms, freedom of speech, human lives, freedom of movement changed? Have its relations with Russia changed? Does it [\u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime] participate, even if indirectly, in the war against Ukraine? It is probably after answering these questions that we should make decisions, guided by such basic considerations,\u201d Bridikis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Mindaugas Sinkevi\u010dius, chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, who met with Maryja Kale\u015bnikava in Vilnius on February 3, she called for restoring the passenger train service that linked Minsk and Vilnius and boosting bus transportation between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While meeting with Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga R\u016bginien\u0117 on February 3, Kale\u015bnikava said that Vilnius could \u201cplay an important role in shaping a constructive negotiating agenda\u201d with Minsk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border crossings in Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai are the only two checkpoints handling all cross-border traffic between Lithuania and Belarus after Vilnius closed \u0160umskas and Tvere\u010dius crossings in 2023 and Lavori\u0161k\u0117s and Raigardas in 2024, citing national security and smuggling among the reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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