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The first trucks belonging to Lithuanian carriers that had been held in Belarus since last autumn have returned to Lithuania, BNS reports.
“At around 5 a.m., the released trucks began moving through both border crossings. The first crossed the border at one checkpoint at about 4:45 a.m., at another — after 5 a.m., but everything is still happening unpredictably, so there are no exact figures yet,” the agency quoted Lithuanian State Border Guard Service representative Giedrius Mišutis as saying.
The trucks are passing through the Kamenny Loh — Medininkai and Benyakoni — Šalčininkai crossings.
It was previously announced that carriers could retrieve their vehicles from special parking sites after paying storage fees. Aliaksandr Lukashenka stated in November last year that the fee would amount to 120 euros per day. However, yesterday the Belarusian State Customs Committee reported that the tariff had been reduced several times, though the exact amount was not disclosed. According to Belarusian customs data, more than 1,900 vehicles with Lithuanian registration, belonging to Lithuanian and Polish carriers, had been located in the country.