{"id":190054,"date":"2026-06-01T12:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190054\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:06:31","slug":"some-200-lithuanian-trucks-semi-trailers-still-in-belarus-association-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/190054\/","title":{"rendered":"Some 200 Lithuanian trucks, semi-trailers still in Belarus, association says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 1, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Around 200 Lithuanian trucks and semi-trailers currently remain in Belarus, with the \u201cparking fees\u201d exceeding their value, Erlandas Mik\u0117nas, president of the Lithuanian National Association of Road Carriers LINAVA, told the news agency <em>Elta<\/em>, according to <em>LRT<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRecovering all the vehicles is unprofitable, because the so-called storage fee exceeds their value,\u201d Mik\u0117nas said. However, \u201csome of the carriers are collecting funds and still hoping to get their trucks back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka announced that the Lithuanian trucks would be released on March 20, one day after his talks with John Coale, US special envoy for Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Lithuania\u2019s State Border Guard Service, 916 tractor-trailers stranded in Belarus since last fall returned to Lithuania between March 23 and late April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk barred about 2,000 Lithuanian trucks from leaving the country last year after Vilnius closed two border checkpoints for three weeks in late October and November 2025, following incursions by air balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk initially made their release conditional on consultations between the two countries\u2019 foreign ministries, while Lithuania rejected direct diplomatic talks, having significantly downgraded official contacts after what it described as Belarus\u2019 rigged 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vilnius views political negotiations with Minsk as an attempt to break the international isolation of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime and potentially pave the way for easing sanctions.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/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, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Customs chief: 1,300 stranded trucks leave Belarus after paying parking fees<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 10, Pozirk. A total of 1,300 trucks returned to Lithuania and Poland, with 100 vehicles awaiting entry into Lithuania after paying parking fees in Belarus, U\u0142adzimir Ar\u0142o\u016dski, chairman of the Belarusian State Customs Committee, told the state-run news.by yesterday. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/183045\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 1, Pozirk. Around 200 Lithuanian trucks and semi-trailers currently remain in Belarus, with the \u201cparking fees\u201d exceeding their value, Erlandas Mik\u0117nas, president of the Lithuanian National Association of Road Carriers LINAVA, told the news agency Elta, according to LRT. \u201cRecovering all the vehicles is unprofitable, because the so-called storage fee exceeds their value,\u201d Mik\u0117nas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":76996,"template":"","rubric":[],"class_list":["post-190054","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Some 200 Lithuanian trucks, semi-trailers still in Belarus, association says | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 1, Pozirk. 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