Overview
- Belarus’s foreign ministry said it has received no reply from Vilnius to Minsk’s proposal for inter‑ministerial negotiations on the border impasse.
- According to ministry spokesman Ruslan Varankov, Lithuania instead suggested talks early next week between deputy heads of the two countries’ border services.
- Minsk welcomed operational cooperation on border security and control as consistent with past Belarusian initiatives.
- Belarus argued that such technical steps do not reopen Lithuanian‑closed checkpoints or restore movement of people, vehicles, and cargo.
- The foreign ministry stated that only political‑diplomatic negotiations can resolve the full set of issues and affirmed Belarus’s readiness to engage.