Lithuania has announced the closure of two additional border crossings with Belarus, effective from March 1, 2024, for traffic and pedestrians. The closures, affecting the Lavoriškės (Kotlouka on the Belarusian side) and Raigardas (Privalka) checkpoints, will leave only two operational checkpoints on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border: Medininkai and Šalčininkai. This decision follows a previous action in August 2023, where Lithuania had already shut down two of its six border crossings with Belarus. The Lithuanian government's move comes amid rising tensions along the border. Additionally, Lithuania plans to restrict passengers from boarding and alighting transit trains heading to Russia's Kaliningrad region.
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From March 1, Lithuania will close two more border crossings with Belarus, according to the government’s website. Vilnius also plans to limit passengers from getting on and off transit trains heading to Russia’s Kaliningrad region. https://t.co/8BiXKOIPTv
⚡️Lithuania to close 2 more border crossings with Belarus. Lithuania previously shut down two of its six border crossings in August 2023. The new announcement means that only two checkpoints will remain open on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. https://t.co/0vjKt9CHo5
The government of Lithuania will close the checkpoints Raigardas (from the Belarusian side - Privalka) and Lavoriškės (Kotlovka) on the border with Belarus for traffic and pedestrians from March 1, 2024. In addition, from March 1, the movement of pedestrians and cyclists… https://t.co/gZJJ0RA3xi
Lithuania to close 2 more checkpoints with Belarus as tensions along the border rise https://t.co/swdJI2xcte
Lithuania will close two border crossings on the border with Belarus: "Lavoriškės" (Kotlouka from the Belarusian side) and "Raigardas" ("Privalka") from March 1 After that, only two checkpoints will remain open on the border with Belarus: Medininkai and Šalčininkai. Now it will… https://t.co/rAmIp3G8L0