More than 200 trucks returned to Lithuania through the Medininkai border checkpoint over the past 24 hours, Oleg Tarasov, vice president of the national road carriers’ association Linava, said on Friday, adding that Belarus has said it will allow stranded trucks to cross via the Šalčininkai checkpoint.
“Yesterday around 19:00, we received a letter from the Belarusian side saying they are ready to open the [Benyakoni-Šalčininkai] checkpoint, and we are all waiting for it to be opened today,” Tarasov told LRT RADIO.
The Linava official said 218 trucks had crossed at Medininkai over the past 24 hours, almost two and a half times the usual number.
“At Benyakoni–Šalčininkai, the situation remains unchanged, with just over 400 trucks still waiting," he said.
Dmitrij Bial, head of the Road and Air Transport Policy Group at the Lithuanian Transport Ministry, said the ministry had not yet received any official response from the Belarusian authorities.
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