Lithuania introduces pre-registration of trucks at border with Russia

The Lithuanian government's decision to introduce mandatory pre-registration of heavy vehicles to cross the border with Russia's Kaliningrad Region or Belarus came into force on December 1, Caliber.Az reports, citing Russian media.

Earlier, commenting on the new order, the head of the Lithuanian transport department Marius Skuodis expressed hope that it would help reduce queues of trucks at checkpoints and improve the security situation at the borders. Drivers of heavy trucks arriving at the checkpoints without a registration will have to apply for one at the next available time.

In previous years, the biggest congestion at the borders was formed in December and April, that is, before Christmas and Easter. In some cases, there were up to 900 trucks in them, and the queue itself stretched for 23 kilometres.

At the end of October, the Lithuanian government approved a proposal to denounce the intergovernmental agreement with Russia on commercial shipping. The authors of the initiative noted that trade and economic cooperation between the countries has been almost completely stopped and its expansion is impossible, therefore, it makes no sense to preserve the agreement, which entered into force back in 1994.

By Khagan Isayev