Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite warned the Baltic country’s security services against “lying” about July’s invasion of Belarus’ airspace by a foreign plane from the Lithuanian territory.
Ms. Grybauskaite said that the plane’s illegal flight across the Belarusian border was under investigation and the results of the inquiry would be made public. “But don’t lie and you won’t have to talk nonsense and weasel your way out,” the news website delfi.lt quoted the president.
Ms. Grybauskaite said that she was referring to conflicting explanations provided about the incident by Lithuania’s defense ministry and law enforcement agencies.
On July 4, a single-engine plane piloted by representatives of Sweden’s PR agency Studio Total invaded Belarus’ airspace and dropped hundreds of teddy bears with pro-democracy slogans on the town of Ivianiets and Minsk before flying back to Lithuania unhindered.
In August, the Belarusian authorities asked Lithuania and Sweden to help them investigate the incident.
Lithuanian Defense Minister Rasa Jukneviciene said on August 9 that Lithuania had no information about the incident, and that Belarus' request for legal assistance would be considered in accordance with national regulations.
“The airspace was not violated, that's for sure,” Ms. Jukneviciene said. “Small private aircraft constantly fly in Lithuania, they were flying at that time, but no airspace violations were detected.”
On the same day, Aliaksandr Lukashenka warned that Lithuania should not “sit like mice under the broom” over the incident. “They should tell us why they provided their territory for the violation of the state border,” he said. “To Lithuania, if anyone, the response won’t seem to be weak.”
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