Lithuanian Foreign Ministry handed Belarus note due to violation by border guards of state border

The temporary attorney in Belarus’s affairs in Lithuania was awarded a note in which a decisive protest is expressed against repeated violations of the state border of Lithuania, the Baltic network of news Internet publications Delfi.

On Tuesday evening, it was reported that in the Ignalinsky district, three armed Belarusian border guards violated the border of Lithuania.

The State Border Security Service recorded how they passed through the territory of Lithuania about 2.5 m to the physical fence, and then, having passed about 400 meters, returned back to the territory of Belarus, follows from the message.

“The video cameras recorded this incident on January 22. The Belarusian border guards passed through their territory along the village of Waitka (Ignalinsky district). Belarusians approached the snowdrifts and broken patrol bridge. They stood a little next to him, apparently thought whether they were worth it follow it, after which we went not along the bridge, next to which the bushes grew, but went on and violated the border of Lithuania, ” -it is from the message.

The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry demanded that Belarus give an explanation to this incident as soon as possible and take all the necessary measures to prevent the repetition of such incidents in the future.