{"id":181684,"date":"2026-03-31T11:53:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181684\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:53:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:53:28","slug":"aide-to-lithuanian-president-skeptical-about-engagement-with-minsk-without-preconditions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181684\/","title":{"rendered":"Aide to Lithuanian president skeptical about engagement with Minsk without preconditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 31, Pozirk. <\/strong>Asta Skaisgiryt\u0117, an aide to the Lithuanian president, has pushed back against a US envoy\u2019s suggestion that Vilnius should engage with Minsk at a political level without preconditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat was not an official request or a request filed at a high level,\u201d she told <em>\u017dini\u0173 radijui<\/em>, according to <em>LRT<\/em>. \u201cI think in our case it is difficult because we have a history\u2026 of our relations. Negotiations without preconditions were not very successful for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Coale, the US special envoy for Belarus, called for political-level talks between Vilnius and Minsk in an interview with&nbsp;<em>LRT on March 27.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPresident [Donald] Trump and I do not believe in preconditions,\u201d he said. \u201cI hope that Lithuania agrees to a bilateral dialogue at the level of deputy foreign ministers. We need to stop those things that hinder life on both sides,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need goodwill, and then we would be able to talk, if we have something to talk about. Today, we don\u2019t see what we can talk about,\u201d said Skaisgiryt\u0117.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She cited continuing \u201chybrid attacks\u201d as a reason for Vilnius\u2019s refusal to engage, in an apparent reference to fresh incursions by weather balloons from Belarus disrupting operations of Lithuania\u2019s airports and a recent surge in irregular migration across the shared border.<strong><\/strong><\/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\/2024\/05\/mid-logo-emblema-tochka.by-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid-logo-emblema-tochka.by-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid-logo-emblema-tochka.by-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid-logo-emblema-tochka.by-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid-logo-emblema-tochka.by-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mid-logo-emblema-tochka.by-1128.jpg 1128w\" 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\">Minsk hits back at Vilnius over refusal to engage<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 27, Pozirk. Rus\u0142an Varanko\u016d, spokesman for the Belarusian foreign ministry, has hit back at Vilnius over its refusal to engage with Minsk. \u201cThe artificial ultimatums that Vilnius is attempting to put forward have nothing to do with good neighborly &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/181334\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 31, Pozirk. Asta Skaisgiryt\u0117, an aide to the Lithuanian president, has pushed back against a US envoy\u2019s suggestion that Vilnius should engage with Minsk at a political level without preconditions. \u201cThat was not an official request or a request filed at a high level,\u201d she told \u017dini\u0173 radijui, according to LRT. \u201cI think in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":126555,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-181684","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>Aide to Lithuanian president skeptical about engagement with Minsk without preconditions | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 31, Pozirk. 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