{"id":55885,"date":"2023-12-16T00:26:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=55885"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"vilnius-mulls-measures-to-reduce-cross-border-movement-with-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/55885\/","title":{"rendered":"Vilnius looking to reduce cross-border traffic with Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  \n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/lit_border_744x496.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/lit_border_744x496.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/lit_border_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(ASOCIATYVI \/ LRYTO.LT, V. \u0160\u010cIAVINSKO NUOTR)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Lithuania&#8217;s National Security Committee yesterday asked the country&#8217;s agencies to propose measures to reduce the movement of people across the Belarusian border, the <em>Delfi<\/em> news portal said, citing the National Crisis Management Center.<br><br>Officials set the goal of developing measures to reduce traffic and passenger flows across the border after assessing information from security services. They will discuss proposals at the next meeting in January 2024.<br><br>According to the portal, Vilnius uses a system of indicators approved by the committee and the crisis management center to analyze border security. The system includes assessments of military threats, Belarusian intelligence activities, and information attacks on Lithuania, the portal<em> <\/em>said.<br><br>According to the Belarusian State Border Committee, some 490,000 Lithuanians have visited the country since the launch of its visa waiver program for the Baltics in April 2022, including 240,000 in 2023.<br><br>The governments of the Baltic states and Poland have repeatedly urged their citizens not to travel to Belarus, citing security concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 16, Pozirk. Lithuania&#8217;s National Security Committee yesterday asked the country&#8217;s agencies to propose measures to reduce the movement of people across the Belarusian border, the Delfi news portal said, citing the National Crisis Management Center. Officials set the goal of developing measures to reduce traffic and passenger flows across the border after assessing information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":55825,"template":"","rubric":[30],"class_list":["post-55885","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vilnius looking to reduce cross-border traffic with Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 16, Pozirk. 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