{"id":187550,"date":"2026-05-14T21:06:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187550\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T21:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:06:59","slug":"vilnius-summons-belarus-charge-daffaires-over-balloon-incursion","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187550\/","title":{"rendered":"Vilnius summons Belarus\u2019 charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires over balloon incursion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 14, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Lithuanian foreign ministry has summoned Belarus\u2019 charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires and handed him a note of protest over an overnight incursion of balloons from the Belarusian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry expressed \u201cstrong protest\u201d in connection with the incident, which occurred on the night between May 12 and 13.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vilnius International Airport suspended operations between 2:16 a.m. and 3:16 a.m. on May 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A weather balloon carrying 9,000 packs of contraband cigarettes landed in Kaunas shortly after the airport resumed operations.<\/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\/2025\/05\/belaruskali-by-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/belaruskali-by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/belaruskali-by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/belaruskali-by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/belaruskali-by-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/belaruskali-by.jpg 1127w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Washington pushes Lithuania to resume Belarusian potash transit \u2013 report<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 14, Pozirk. The United States is pressuring Lithuania to resume the transit of Belarusian fertilizers through its territory, LRT reports, citing Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys as saying at a closed-door meeting with the Social Democratic faction. Budrys specifically used &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/187500\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 14, Pozirk. The Lithuanian foreign ministry has summoned Belarus\u2019 charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires and handed him a note of protest over an overnight incursion of balloons from the Belarusian territory. The ministry expressed \u201cstrong protest\u201d in connection with the incident, which occurred on the night between May 12 and 13.&nbsp; Vilnius International Airport suspended operations between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":179445,"template":"","rubric":[30,15],"class_list":["post-187550","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-security","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vilnius summons Belarus\u2019 charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires over balloon incursion | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 14, Pozirk. 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