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Lithuania will close two of the six border points with Belarus

2023-08-16 19:27:10, Kosova & Bota CNA

Lithuania will close two of the six border points with Belarus

Lithuania will temporarily close two of the six border points with Belarus, due to the presence of mercenaries of the Russian Wagner group in this country.

The government made a decision on Wednesday to close the Shumskas and Tvereçius points, starting from Friday.

"This decision is one of the preventive measures to prevent threats to national security and possible provocations at the border", said the Minister of the Interior, Agne Bilotaite.

Lithuania shares a 680-kilometer border with Russia's close ally, Belarus.

Like Poland and Latvia, Lithuania is concerned about the activities of Wagner, the Russian private army.

After the brief rebellion against Moscow, Wagner's troops have left Ukraine and ended up in a camp in Belarus.

According to the leadership in Minsk, they are training the Belarusian army.

The head of Lithuania's border agency, Rustamas Liubajevas, has estimated that there may be over 4,500 Wagner fighters in Belarus.

Bilotait? said that the Baltic states and Poland are discussing the possibility of completely closing the borders with Belarus.

According to her, this topic will be on the agenda in a meeting that will take place in Warsaw at the end of the month.

Lithuania said last week that it will also increase the presence of its forces near the border./ REL





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