{"id":3070,"date":"2023-09-27T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=3070"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lithuanian-officials-agree-to-fence-off-wetlands-from-belarus-and-russia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/3070\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian officials agree to fence off wetlands from Belarus and Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 27,\u00a0<em>Pozirk.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Lithuania will protect marshy areas on its borders with Belarus and Russia with a physical barrier. The agreement was reached today by Interior Minister Agn\u0117 Bilotait\u0117, Environment Minister Simonas Gentvilas and Deputy Director of the State Service for Protected Areas Albertas Stanislovaitis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional measures to protect the border are necessary because this year alone 700 attempts to sneak into the country have been prevented at the marshy section of the border with Belarus, Bilotait\u0117 said, as quoted by the interior ministry&#8217;s press office. Besides, at least 13 smuggling incidents have been detected there, she added. According to her, experts have concluded that the environmental impact of the project will be minimal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry said that only 122 km of the 679-km border with Belarus are currently not protected by a physical barrier. Rivers and lakes account for 58 km and streams and swamps for 64 km. There are no immediate plans to install a physical barrier along rivers and lakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuanian border guards prevented 20 attempts to cross the border illegally from Belarus on the previous day and 1,732 attempts since the beginning of the year. The European Union has thwarted at least 32,487 such attempts in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 28, the interior ministers of Poland and the Baltic States agreed to close their borders with Belarus in case of a surge in illegal migration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 27,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Lithuania will protect marshy areas on its borders with Belarus and Russia with a physical barrier. The agreement was reached today by Interior Minister Agn\u0117 Bilotait\u0117, Environment Minister Simonas Gentvilas and Deputy Director of the State Service for Protected Areas Albertas Stanislovaitis. 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