After Lukashenka’s statement. Lithuanian and Polish border guards said they did not block traffic across the border with Belarus.

September 17, 11:46 pm

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Alexander Lukashenko at the Women’s Forum in Minsk (Photo: Tut. By via REUTERS)

This is reported by the Lithuanian edition of BNS.

Earlier, Lukashenka said that he was forced to close the border with Lithuania and Poland and “strengthen” the border between Belarus and Ukraine.

«I just spoke with the management of the posts until the movement closes. For us, this information is unexpected, we are trying to contact our Belarusian colleagues, we have channels to exchange information, but so far I can neither confirm nor deny this information ”, said the head of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service, Rustam Lyubaev.

He added that he had contacted Polish colleagues; they also said that there were no changes to the border with Belarus.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said on air on Lithuanian national radio LRT that with his statement Lukashenka was trying to «prove the existence of a threat at any cost ”and wants to transfer responsibility for the crisis in Belarus to other countries.

Alexander Lukashenko, speaking at the Women’s Forum in Minsk, said that in the arsenal of Western countries «few tricks remain before unleashing a fiery war. “With this he explained the decision to close the border with Lithuania and Poland. In addition, the dictator again spoke about the union of the state with Russia, saying that he was forced to «build “your defense together with Vladimir Putin.

Earlier, Alexander Lukashenko said that the United States for the past ten years «meticulously “prepared «destroy Belarus “and used their «satellites “Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Ukraine. Ukraine, he said, has become «an outpost of political provocations ”.

Anti-government protests in Belarus broke out after the presidential elections on August 9. The Belarusian protesters consider the election results to be falsified and demand new, fair and transparent elections. Ukraine and the European Union support them.

The Belarusian dictator rejected any concessions and attempts at dialogue with the protesters, repeatedly claiming that Belarus’ western neighbors were behind the wave of protests.