By Wednesday morning, 33 trucks returned to Lithuania from Belarus
Through the border checkpoints Medininkai and Šalčininkai, 33 trucks that were previously detained in Belarus returned to Lithuania from Belarus by 7 AM on Wednesday, reported Giedrius Mišutis, a representative of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT), according to LRT .
According to him, 16 trucks returned through the Medininkai checkpoint, and 17 through Šalčininkai.
The VSAT representative emphasized that the inspection of these trucks on the Lithuanian side at both checkpoints is carried out on separate lanes.
"On the Lithuanian side, separate lanes, separate corridors, have been set up at both points for entering trucks. Their inspection is carried out very quickly. This is a temporary measure adopted considering that they have started to be released and are returning from Belarus," noted G. Mišutis. He also drew attention to the fact that almost all trucks detained in Belarus that are returning to Lithuania are driven by Belarusian citizens who have a residence permit in Lithuania.
"Almost all drivers of these trucks with Lithuanian license plates are Belarusian citizens with a residence permit in Lithuania. (...) There was one Polish citizen and, possibly, one or two more drivers not from Belarus," said the VSAT representative.
According to G. Mišutis, trucks returning from Minsk constitute approximately one-sixth of all trucks entering through these checkpoints.
"If you look at the total number of trucks that entered over the last day, 103 entered through Medininkai, 87 through Šalčininkai, totaling 190. (...) Trucks with Lithuanian license plates, detained in Minsk, make up approximately one-sixth of the total flow," he noted.
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