US says Belarus agreed to stop balloon flyovers into Lithuania

U.S. Special Envoy for Belarus John Coale looks on as prisoners released from Belarus arrive at the U.S. embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania December 13, 2025. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

VILNIUS, Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy John Coale said on Saturday that Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko had promised to stop weather balloons flying from his country into Lithuania.

"He agreed recently to do everything he could to stop the balloons," Coale told Reuters in Vilnius, after two days of talks with Lukashenko.