{"id":62907,"date":"2024-01-24T20:37:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T17:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=62907"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lithuania-bans-soldiers-from-off-duty-travel-to-belarus-russia-china","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/62907\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania bans soldiers&#8217; off-duty travel to Belarus, Russia, China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/armija_litvy_minnacoborony_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/armija_litvy_minnacoborony_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/armija_litvy_minnacoborony_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/armija_litvy_minnacoborony_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/armija_litvy_minnacoborony_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/armija_litvy_minnacoborony_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Lithuanian government has banned soldiers and officers from traveling to Belarus, Russia and China while off duty, <em>LRT<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was made after the assessment of risks and threats to national security, it said, citing the Ministry of National Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government referred to the National Security Strategy, which names these countries as threats to the security of Lithuania and its citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The countries&#8217; security services keep tabs on Lithuanians with access to classified information and seek to recruit them, it said in a resolution. Russian and Belarusian intelligence agents interrogate and provoke Lithuanians who enter their countries, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there are exceptions, and military people can be given permission to visit these lands if they need to exercise their parental rights, if their relatives there are seriously ill and in similar cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 24, Pozirk. The Lithuanian government has banned soldiers and officers from traveling to Belarus, Russia and China while off duty, LRT reported. The decision was made after the assessment of risks and threats to national security, it said, citing the Ministry of National Defense. The government referred to the National Security Strategy, which names [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":62859,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-62907","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuania bans soldiers&#039; off-duty travel to Belarus, Russia, China | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 24, Pozirk. 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