According to the Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis, this means that "any flights to and from Lithuania through Belarus are prohibited."

According to him, this decision will affect ten air destinations.

“The government decided to make such a decision - to ban flights over Belarus.

Our data showed that this will affect 26 flights per day, ”he said.

Earlier, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry recommended that citizens refrain from traveling to Belarus in connection with the Ryanair incident.

The Ryanair plane, flying from Athens to Vilnius, on May 23 urgently landed in Minsk due to a report of a bomb on board.

Information about mining was not confirmed.

The founder of the NEXTA Telegram channel recognized in Belarus as extremist, Roman Protasevich, was flying in the liner, who was detained after landing.