The foreign ministries of Poland and Lithuania tell Newsweek they are closely monitoring Belarusian border exercises, as President Alexander Lukashenko accuses them of hatching a U.S.-led plot against him.
Members of the U.S.-led NATO Western military alliance are closely watching their borders with Belarus as it mobilizes its frontier troops amid Russia-backed claims of a foreign conspiracy to overthrow the Eastern European nation's longstanding leader.
"You know, when there is unrest nearby and tanks and planes begin to move, this is no coincidence," Lukashenko said."Meanwhile military drills are underway abroad. What is that supposed to mean? They are getting ready for invasion, if needed." Across the border, NATO states remain wary, especially Poland and Lithuania, both of which Lukashenko has singled out as having designs against him.
The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said the country and other fellow NATO states"are closely monitoring the security situation.""At this moment we do not consider recent military exercises of Belarussian armed forces close to Lithuania's borders to pose a direct military threat," the Ministry said."Of course, they lack transparency and do not increase the predictability nor contribute to the regional stability.
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