{"id":527268,"date":"2026-03-20T14:23:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=527268"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:39:45","slug":"lukashenka-says-lithuania-registered-trucks-will-start-being-returned-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/lukashenka-says-lithuania-registered-trucks-will-start-being-returned-on-monday","title":{"rendered":"Lukashenka Says Lithuania-Registered Trucks Will Start Being Returned on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alyaksandr Lukashenka<\/b> said Belarus will return vehicles with Lithuanian registration that have been held in the country since last autumn. According to him, a decision must be made by Monday.<\/p>\n

“I must make this decision by Monday. There is no need to delay; I do not want bureaucracy or red tape. This is my principle: I am a systematic person, and I want to resolve this over the weekend,”<\/i> he said.<\/p>\n

Lukashenka recalled that earlier this week Lithuanian and Polish carriers, whose trucks and semi-trailers remain in Belarus, met with Prime Minister Alyaksandr Turchyn<\/b>. He noted that company representatives had submitted written appeals to him, after which he instructed the government to hold talks.<\/p>\n

“I told the government: meet with them and talk in a human way. Sit down at the negotiating table, listen to them, and report back to me. I will make a decision, and I think that from Monday we will begin the process of returning these trucks. We will return them. I feel sorry for the Poles and Lithuanians,”<\/i> he said, according to his press service.<\/p>\n

He added that the cost of storing the trucks at special parking sites \u2014 previously set at \u20ac120 per day \u2014 may be reduced.<\/p>\n

“They are asking to lower the parking fee. We understand that if we charge them that price, they will not take back half of these vehicles, because the cost would exceed what they originally paid. We will likely set a European-level fee for them. As they have a small customs fee there. Pay a small amount for parking and take your vehicles,”<\/i> he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister Ihar Sakreta<\/b> said that a report on the trucks would be prepared within a week, after which the parking fee would be determined.<\/p>\n

Lukashenka also suggested that Poland open additional border crossings to allow the trucks \u2014 many of which effectively belong to Polish companies \u2014 to be returned.<\/p>\n

“Now the Poles say: \u2018For God\u2019s sake, do not force us to take these vehicles through Lithuania into Poland.\u2019 I say: \u2018Fine, take them through Poland.\u2019 What difference does it make to us? Even through Ukraine! Open any Polish crossing point and take your Polish vehicles with Lithuanian plates. Pay for the parking and take them \u2014 the routes are defined. Our State Customs Committee is responsible for resolving this issue on the president\u2019s instruction,”<\/i> he said.<\/p>\n

It should be recalled that Belarus previously allowed Polish trucks to cross the border only via the Belarus\u2013Poland section. Later, after Lithuania closed its border, similar restrictions were applied to Lithuanian-registered vehicles, which are now allowed to cross only via the Belarus\u2013Lithuania section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alyaksandr Lukashenka said Belarus will return vehicles with Lithuanian registration that have been held in the country since last autumn. According to him, a decision must be made by Monday. “I must make this decision by Monday. There is no need to delay; I do not want bureaucracy or red tape. This is my principle: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":496279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69bd3206901f4.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Lukashenka Says Lithuania-Registered Trucks Will Start Being Returned on Monday"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143090],"tags":[143118],"class_list":["post-527268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-politics","tag-belarus"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527268","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=527268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}