{"id":47782,"date":"2023-07-27T23:20:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lithuania-ready-to-close-borders-with-belarus-and-russia-anytime-minister\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lithuania-ready-to-close-borders-with-belarus-and-russia-anytime-minister","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47782\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania ready to close borders with Belarus and Russia anytime \u2013 minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>July 27, <span>BPN.<\/span> <\/b>The Lithuanian interior minister has said Vilnius is closely watching the Wagner Group&#8217;s arrival in Belarus and is prepared to shut down the borders with its eastern neighbor and Russia.<\/p>\n<p> The Kremlin-linked military contractor is training Belarusian reservists near Asipovi\u010dy, Mahilo\u016d region, according to earlier reports.<\/p>\n<p> The minister, Agn\u0117 Bilotait\u0117, told <span>\u017dini\u0173 radijas<\/span> that Lithuania is drafting directives in case the situation changes.<\/p>\n<p> She also noted&nbsp;a decrease in illegal migration from Belarus. However, the Belarusian and Russian regimes can direct migrant flows to Lithuania anytime, she added. Bilotait\u0117 described this as a means of pressure on Lithuania and its neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said earlier that authorities will use a government-authorized plan to protect the border if the security environment worsens. It is being updated in light of a new geopolitical situation and threats, she said.<\/p>\n<p> Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anu\u0161auskas said the presence of Wagner fighters in Belarus does not fundamentally alter the regional security situation.<\/p>\n<p> But President Gitanas Naus\u0117da seemingly contradicted him by saying it would take eastern security leaders just a few hours to deploy the mercenaries&nbsp;to EU borders.<\/p>\n<p>Lithuania is powerful enough to counter this threat, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 27, BPN. The Lithuanian interior minister has said Vilnius is closely watching the Wagner Group&#8217;s arrival in Belarus and is prepared to shut down the borders with its eastern neighbor and Russia. The Kremlin-linked military contractor is training Belarusian reservists near Asipovi\u010dy, Mahilo\u016d region, according to earlier reports. The minister, Agn\u0117 Bilotait\u0117, told \u017dini\u0173 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47782","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuania ready to close borders with Belarus and Russia anytime \u2013 minister | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 27, BPN. 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