{"id":164808,"date":"2025-11-19T19:23:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164808\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"minsk-criticizes-vilnius-for-not-informing-belarus-about-checkpoint-reopening","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164808\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk criticizes Vilnius for not informing Belarus about checkpoint reopening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 19,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Minsk has not received any official notifications from Lithuania on the closure or opening of border checkpoints as required under international treaties, Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d, state secretary of Belarus\u2019 Security Council, told officials today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting came as Vilnius announced that it will restore traffic through the Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai border crossings on the shared border with Belarus at midnight (1 p.m. Minsk time) on November 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally, Vilnius planned to keep the checkpoints closed from October 29 to November 30 in response to repeated airspace violations by cigarette-smuggling balloons launched from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valfovi\u010d criticized Lithuania\u2019s decisions as non-constructive and inconsistent, reported the unofficial Telegram channel of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made the remarks at the meeting with Prime Minister Alaksandar Tur\u010dyn, Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d, State Border Committee Chairman Kanstancin Mo\u0142asta\u016d, State Customs Committee Chairman U\u0142adzimir Ar\u0142o\u016dski and Committee for State Security chief Ivan Tertel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lithuanian government said that traffic will open \u201conly for automobiles,\u201d so it is unclear whether passenger buses will be allowed to cross the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 Minsktrans and Ecolines bus operators announced the resumption of service one day before Vilnius approved the reopening of checkpoints.<\/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\/11\/granica-gruz-lrv-lt-pravit-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica-gruz-lrv-lt-pravit-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica-gruz-lrv-lt-pravit-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica-gruz-lrv-lt-pravit-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica-gruz-lrv-lt-pravit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/granica-gruz-lrv-lt-pravit.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania to reopen border crossings at midnight (1 p.m. Minsk time)<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 19,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Lithuania will restore traffic through the Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai border crossings on the shared border with Belarus at midnight (1 p.m. Minsk time) on November 20, according to the Lithuanian government\u2019s website. 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The meeting came as Vilnius announced that it will restore traffic through the Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai border crossings on the shared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":126011,"template":"","rubric":[21,16,30,15],"class_list":["post-164808","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy","rubric-politics","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>Minsk criticizes Vilnius for not informing Belarus about checkpoint reopening | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 19,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Minsk has not received any official notifications from Lithuania on the closure or opening of border checkpoints as\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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