{"id":497238,"date":"2025-11-18T18:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=497238"},"modified":"2025-11-18T18:28:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:28:00","slug":"state-border-committee-ready-to-cooperate-with-lithuania-if-full-fledged-dialogue-resumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/state-border-committee-ready-to-cooperate-with-lithuania-if-full-fledged-dialogue-resumes","title":{"rendered":"State Border Committee Ready to Cooperate With Lithuania if \u201cFull-Fledged Dialogue\u201d Resumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarus\u2019 State Border Committee issued a press release following today\u2019s working meeting between the deputy chief border commissioners of Belarus and Lithuania at the Lavori\u0161k\u0117s checkpoint.<\/p>\n<p>The sides discussed the \u201ccurrent situation on the Belarus\u2013Lithuania border section and a range of pressing issues related to smuggling and illegal migration,\u201d the Committee said.<\/p>\n<p>The representative of the State Border Committee stated that the agency\u2019s work is aimed at \u201cmaintaining comfortable border-crossing conditions for law-abiding citizens, and developing transit potential as well as economic and cultural ties with all neighbouring countries, including the Republic of Lithuania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cAttention was drawn to the fact that the Republic of Lithuania unilaterally ceased its participation in several international cooperation agreements in the border sphere. Nevertheless, the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus confirmed its readiness for joint work should a full-fledged and constructive dialogue be resumed.<br \/>\nA border must be a place where civilized cooperation occurs in the spirit of partnership and equality,\u201d<\/i> the Committee said following the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Lithuania\u2019s State Border Guard Service reported that it presented Lithuania\u2019s position on smuggling carried out using meteorological balloons and drones, urging Belarus to take active measures to stop smuggling. The issue of returning Lithuanian trucks was also discussed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarus\u2019 State Border Committee issued a press release following today\u2019s working meeting between the deputy chief border commissioners of Belarus and Lithuania at the Lavori\u0161k\u0117s checkpoint. The sides discussed the \u201ccurrent situation on the Belarus\u2013Lithuania border section and a range of pressing issues related to smuggling and illegal migration,\u201d the Committee said. The representative of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":497237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/691c90864eb7a.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"State Border Committee Ready to Cooperate With Lithuania if \u201cFull-Fledged Dialogue\u201d Resumes"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-497238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}