The Ministry of Overseas Affairs declared on Tuesday that it experienced summoned the representative of the Belarusian embassy in Lithuania.
“He was presented a notice in which he expressed a potent protest versus repeated circumstances of intentional damage to the bodily barrier (protective fence and concertina) situated on the Lithuanian condition border, when Belarusian officials also lead to the harm to the barrier and the entrance of illegal migrants, “the ministry reported.
He notes that this sort of steps by Belarusian officers “ought to be regarded as a provocation” and is a “major violation of the legal routine of the Lithuanian-Belarusian treaty on the state border between Lithuania and Belarus”.
“Lithuania strictly asks Belarus to get all necessary actions as before long as possible so that this sort of incidents do not transpire again in the long run,” the ministry mentioned.
About 550 kilometers very long, the physical barrier – a fence and barbed wire – was accomplished in late August in reaction to last year’s influx of illegal migrants from Belarus. Lithuania accuses the Minsk routine of organizing it and calls it a hybrid assault.
Migration flows declined at the beginning of the 12 months, but not long ago the range of foreigners trying to cross the Lithuanian border has enhanced yet again.
Lithuanian authorities say attempts to problems the fence have also improved and armed and uniformed Belarusian border guards also lead to this.
Despite the fact that the barrier itself is found on the territory of Lithuania, it has not nonetheless been feasible to arrest the people who broken the fence.
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