The government on Wednesday decided to denounce Lithuania’s 2002 agreement with Russia regulating the travel of the two countries’ citizens.
The Foreign Ministry, which proposed the move, quoted Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and argued that the agreement “is not being used and is not relevant” anymore.
Signed in Moscow in 2002, the treaty was concluded to simplify travel procedures for Lithuanian and Russian citizens, to define the procedures and paperwork for people entering the territory of the other country, departing from it, transiting and staying temporarily.
The treaty lost relevance in June 2007 when the EU and Russia adopted simplified visa procedures and Lithuania became a Schengen area member.
According to the Foreign Ministry, the application of the Russia-Lithuania agreement was suspended after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Lithuania has already terminated several agreements with Russia and Belarus due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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