Lithuania has unilaterally ruled to halt the traffic of vehicles and individuals at the Medininkai border checkpoint near Belarus, the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus announced in a statement on Saturday, APA reports citing TASS.

"As of 1:00 p.m. today, the Lithuanian side made a unilateral decision to stop processing people and vehicles at the checkpoint Medininkai (situated opposite of the checkpoint Kamenny Log)," the statement reads.

Source: Azeri-Press News Agency