Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite said that Lithuania plans to close two more checkpoints on the border with Belarus. Delphi.
The publication states that these will be the Lavorishkes and Raigardas checkpoints. The minister explained that this was due to smuggling and the “need for civil servants” at the border. If these checkpoints are closed, the country will have two more working checkpoints at the border, “Shalchininkai” and “Medininkai”.
Bilotayte also said that the ministers of the Baltic states and Poland have set the main criteria for when the state border with Belarus will be completely closed. According to the minister, the decision will be made in the event of an armed incident on the border of the two countries or the illegal immigrants leaving the country en masse in an organized manner.
It was in mid-August closed two other border points – “Shumskas” and “Tvyaryachyus”.
Previously in Ukraine declaration Regarding the deployment of military personnel with combat experience on the border with Belarus.