VORONOVO DISTRICT, 25 October (BelTA) - Lithuania has resumed traffic through the Šalčininkai (Benyakoni) border checkpoint, BelTA has learned.
The first cars crossed the border approximately 14 hours after it was closed.
As the State Border Committee previously reported, on 24 October at 9:40 pm Lithuania unilaterally halted the traffic through the Medininkai (Kamenny Log) and Šalčininkai (Benyakoni) border checkpoints. No official notification was received through border representative channels or the operational duty service. Lithuania also did not report any violations of the state border, including in its airspace. As of 9:00 am on 25 October, 890 vehicles were waiting to enter the European Union in front of the Medininkai (Kamenny Log) checkpoint, and 815 were waiting in front of the Šalčininkai (Benyakoni) checkpoint.
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