[World Wide Web Reporter Li Ziyu] According to a report by the Belarusian State News Agency on the 28th local time, in response to Lithuania's announcement to close the country's border with Belarus, Belarusian President Lukashenko responded at the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security. Said the move was a "crazy gamble."

According to the report, Lukashenko said,"We are not the only participants who are looking forward to this meeting. Our opponents, who are now closely watching Minsk, are also looking forward to it. Not everyone should arrive in Minsk, which is what some of our neighbors are trying to achieve by launching the crazy gamble of closing borders. They came up with an absurd excuse: weather balloons. Even a small country like Lithuania seems too narrow." He added,"I state responsibly that we are not talking about any serious smuggling problem."

The report quoted Lukashenko as saying that Belarus had been asked to apologize. He said in this regard,"If there is indeed a mistake, then you should apologize." If we are convinced that we are at fault, we are willing to discuss it openly and apologize, that's for sure. But if some weather balloons carrying cigarettes or other items fly over there, I think the problem should be solved there. After all, they fly somewhere for a reason, someone is there to receive these balloons, someone is interested in it. It is necessary to detect and kill the signs of these things in a timely manner."

Earlier, Lithuania said that there have been many recent incidents of weather balloons with "smuggled tobacco" flying into Lithuania from Belarus. In the last week, Lithuania closed its border checkpoints with Belarus several times. Lithuania's National Security Council announced on October 27 that it would close the country's border with Belarus indefinitely.

On October 27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus summoned the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of Lithuania in Belarus and submitted a protest note to protest against Lithuania's unilateral closure of the border between the two countries without prior notice. The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release on the same day saying that Lithuania's decision to close the border not only affects the rights of Belarusian citizens, but also affects the rights of Lithuania citizens and citizens of the European Union and other countries. Belarus has always advocated dialogue and practical cooperation on border control issues, which is in the interests of the citizens of Belarus and Libya. Belarusian Foreign Minister Rezhinkov told the media on the same day that Cubic's behavior was a provocation that may lead to the interruption of the passage through Lithuania to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad and further restrictions on air travel.