The United States is urging its citizens to leave Belarus immediately and not to travel there.


This is due to the decision of the Lithuanian government to close two border crossings with Belarus.


This was reported on the department's Twitter account.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Alert for U.S. citizens: The Lithuanian government on August 18 closed border crossings with Belarus at Tverecius/Vidzy and Sumskas/Losha. Other border crossings remain open. Do not travel to Belarus. U.S. citizens in Belarus should depart immediately.<a href="https://t.co/kiZs4rkmQw">https://t.co/kiZs4rkmQw</a></p>&mdash; U.S. Embassy Minsk (@USEmbBy) <a href="https://twitter.com/USEmbBy/status/1693622862777618663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>