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Belarus, Lithuania discuss ways to help their citizens return home

Linas Linkevicius and Vladimir Makei. Archive photo

MINSK, 20 March (BelTA) – Belarus Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei and his Lithuanian counterpart Linas Linkevicius had a phone conversation to discuss the return of Belarusians from Lithuania and Lithuanians from Belarus amid the coronavirus situation, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The phone call was initiated by Belarus. “The ministers discussed ways to help Belarusian citizens get back from Lithuania and Lithuanian citizens return home from Belarus,” the press service noted.

Vladimir Makei thanked the Lithuanian government for its quick response to the issues pointed out by Belarus in the past few days. “The parties also considered increasing the throughput capacity of the Belarusian-Lithuanian border checkpoints for freight vehicles,” the press service added.

Vladimir Makei and Linas Linkevicius agreed to keep in touch in order to address issues relating to the coronavirus situation in a prompt manner.

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