Lithuania indefinitely extended exemptions for Belarusian-registered vehicles. The new regulations allow Belarusians with visas or residence permits to enter the country using their cars. Entry is also allowed for EU citizens driving Belarusian-registered cars provided the vehicles are only for personal use.
Legal entities and Belarusian citizens intending to use vehicles for commercial purposes must re-register the vehicles and obtain Lithuanian plates. Violations of these regulations will result in fines and vehicle confiscation.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “We are grateful to the Lithuanian government for considering our proposals and easing the restrictions. It is crucial for us to maintain passenger connections between Lithuania and Belarus, as well as people-to-people contacts. We must remember that isolation should target the regime, not the people”.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Advisor on Constitutional Reform and Parliamentary Cooperation, Anatoli Liabedzka: “Our cooperation with the Lithuanian Seimas, Speaker Skvernelis, and the parliamentary group ‘For a Democratic Belarus’ has yielded results. While this is an interim decision, it allows us to continue consultations with the Lithuanian side”.
