Lithuania and neighboring countries are rehearsing the closing of the border with Belarus

Lithuania and its neighboring countries will conduct exercises in case of the need to close the border with Belarus. This was announced by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Lithuania Agne Bilotaite. She did not name the estimated date of the start of the study.

On Friday, a meeting of interior ministers of European countries bordering Belarus and Russia took place in Vilnius. It was attended by representatives of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Poland and Ukraine. “Everyone feels a common threat and the need to work together to strengthen national security,” – wrote The ministers prepared a joint statement on the fight against “hybrid threats”, including joint work in the event of information or cyberattacks.

She also reportedthat Lithuania and Poland agreed to strengthen patrolling of the borders with Russia and Belarus in order to resist illegal migration.

• The Baltic countries and Poland increased their vigilance in relation to the borders with Belarus in the summer of 2023, when after the failed mutiny of the PMC “Wagner” in Russia, units of “Wagner” were redeployed to Belarus. Then the countries agreed on a unified response in case of any incidents, including the possible complete closure of the borders with Belarus. Lithuania has already closed four out of six border crossings to Belarus.