Lithuanian Prime Minister Sees No Grounds for Banning Bus Services to Belarus
Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius stated that the country has the ability to restrict bus services to Belarus or even completely close the border, but such decisions should be made based on an assessment of a real security threat, and not for political reasons, reports LRT.
According to the Lithuanian Prime Minister, at this moment, there are no corresponding recommendations from Lithuania's military intelligence for introducing such restrictions. He acknowledged that relations with Belarus remain tense due to various provocations and the use of migration for political purposes, however, he believes there is currently no need to make decisions purely for political reasons.
Earlier, conservative Arvydas Anušauskas called on the Lithuanian government to join Latvia's plans to ban bus services to Belarus and Russia. The Latvian Ministry of Transport had previously proposed to completely cease regular and irregular international passenger bus services to these countries, as well as transit through Latvia, starting from next year.
Mindaugas Sinkevičius drew attention to the internal political situation in Latvia. According to him, many different political proposals and initiatives may emerge in that country before the October elections.
Lithuanian Minister of Transport Juras Taminskas also stated that Vilnius does not yet intend to repeat Latvia's step and called for a balanced approach to this issue.
Currently, 29 permits are active in Lithuania for regular passenger transport services between Lithuania and Russia, Belarus, or in transit through Lithuania. 17 of them concern routes from Vilnius to Minsk, Grodno, Gomel, Lida, and Ashmyany.
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