From Tuesday until midnight from Friday to Saturday, a total of 177 trucks detained in Belarus returned to Lithuania through the Medininkai and Šalčininkai border checkpoints. This was reported by Lithuanian State Border Guard Service representative Giedrius Mišutis, LRT writes, citing BNS.
According to him, 122 trucks returned through the Medininkai checkpoint and 55 through Šalčininkai. Mišutis also noted that if this throughput is maintained, the number of returned trucks could reach 200 within the next 24 hours.
Checks of the returning trucks at both border checkpoints are being carried out in separate lanes on the Lithuanian side.
In total, according to Belarus’ State Customs Committee, more than 1,900 vehicles had been located in special parking areas. They had been held in Belarus since November of last year. At that time, Lukashenka ordered vehicles with Lithuanian registration to be taken to special sites and charged parking fees. On Monday, after talks with the United States, he decided that the trucks could leave Belarusian territory once their owners paid the parking fees. The first trucks, which had spent around four months in special parking areas in Belarus, crossed the border on Tuesday morning.
