During the Vilnius NATO summit in July, the Belarusian regime may again use illegal migrants against Lithuania, head of the Lithuanian State Border Service Rustamas Lyubaevas admitted, DELFI reports..

“We maintain constant contact with intelligence and counterintelligence services, assess the situation on the state border. To date, I would not like to name any specific risks. One of the possible risks that fall within our area of \u200b\u200bresponsibility is the use of illegal migration to destabilize the situation during the event,” Lyubaevas said at a press conference organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to the head of the department, despite the fact that today the flow of illegal migrants at the Lithuanian border has decreased, the Belarusian regime may still try to resume illegal migration during the NATO summit.

“There is a possibility that the Lukashenka regime and its henchmen will try to use this weapon against us, organizing the pushing of illegal migrants into our territory either before the start of the summit, or during it,” he said..

At the same time, the head of the State Border Service assured that the situation is under continuous monitoring and control..

“The situation on the state border is being continuously monitored, and the situation in neighboring states is also being monitored: we are talking not only about the Republic of Belarus, but also about the Russian Federation, and our departments are monitoring this,” he stressed..

In early May, Lithuania ended the state of emergency on the border with Belarus and Russia, introduced back in 2021, when thousands of migrants from Iraq and Syria tried to enter the country through the territory of Belarus..

In June 2021, the unrecognized President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that his country would not interfere with the transit of illegal migrants and drugs to Europe. This is how he responded to the “hybrid war of European countries against Belarus”.

At the same time, Lithuania declared a state of emergency and began planning the construction of a barbed wire fence to stop migrants crossing its border from Belarus..