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BELARUS halted co-operation on organised crime and migration with the EU today in response to new sanctions from Brussels.
Lithuania has accused Belarus of opening the 420-mile border between the countries, allowing migrants to enter the EU illegally.
The EU placed new sanctions on the country last Thursday, affecting major Belarusian exports including potash, which is an important fertiliser ingredient, petroleum products and tobacco industry exports.
Brussels said the sanctions were in response to the diversion of a passenger jet last month that resulted in the arrest of Roman Protasevich, a far-right activist and anti-government journalist who served with the neonazi Azov Battalion in Ukraine.
Belarus claims it diverted the flight because of a reported bomb threat and the opportunity to arrest Mr Protasevich was a lucky coincidence.
The journalist, who ran the anti-government TV channel Nexta, is accused of helping organise protests over the disputed re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko last August.
Over 35,000 people have been arrested for involvement in the protests.
