The Zimbabwe government is desperately trying to recover 17 fire tender trucks which were seized by Lithuania since they were purchased from Belarus a country European Union under sanctions.

Lithuania has since indicated its intention to donate the trucks to Ukraine and efforts by the government of Zimbabwe to recover them have yielded no results.

The fire tender trucks were seized last year in March.

According to The Sunday Mail, a delegation from Zimbabwe, led by Attorney-General Virginia Mabiza, travelled to Lithuania in February this year to negotiate the release of the fire tenders, but the efforts were in vain.

Lithuanian attorney-general told the Zimbabwe delegation that the fire tenders or certain components on the fire tenders were manufactured by a Belarusian company, which is on EU sanctions, hence could not be allowed to pass through their port.

“We will explore the most viable legal route to take after exhausting all the diplomatic channels at our disposal,” Mabhiza told Sunday Mail.