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MINSK, 28 October (BelTA) – Lithuania’s closure of the border with Belarus is a crazy gamble. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement during the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security, BelTA has learned.
Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “We, the participants were not the only ones looking forward to the conference. Our opponents, who keep an eye on Minsk today, were, too. Not everyone was supposed to get to Minsk today. It is the goal some of our neighbors intended to accomplish by launching this crazy gamble of closing the border. And they have come up with an absurd reason: air balloons. Even for a small country Lithuania is it is petty.”
“I declare responsibly that we are not talking about any extraordinary smuggling. But it speaks volumes about the political potential of our conference,” the head of state added.
The president went on saying that “the greatest ones” already demand apologies from Belarus. In response he noted: “If you are guilty, then you should always apologize. If we are convinced that we are guilty (they are trying to convince us of that right now), we are ready to discuss it in public, we will apologize. Definitely. But if some air balloons carrying cigarettes or something else fly over there, I believe that this issue should be resolved over there. After all, they are flying I don’t know where for a reason. Someone over there receives them. Someone is interested in it. It is necessary to find and nip these things in the bud.”
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