00:00Lithuania drew up plans to close its border with Belarus indefinitely,
00:06the country's Prime Minister Inga Rygunjena said.
00:09It comes after flights at the capital's airport were repeatedly disrupted
00:14as a result of multiple balloon sightings used to smuggle in cigarettes.
00:18The balloons caused flight cancellations, diversions and delays.
00:22The country's border guard service decided overnight on Sunday
00:26to close the border for 24 hours.
00:29The restrictions will be extended until Wednesday,
00:32when the government is expected to decide whether to prolong the closure indefinitely.
00:37The third day will be the event of Vyriausybės.
00:41We are now ready to be ready to do the scene with Belarusian.
00:47We are ready to do the same with Belarusian.
00:50It means that the diplomat, the diplomat, will be able to do it.
00:54We and the European Union will be able to protect us from Belarusians.
01:00Answering a question during a media briefing,
01:03the European Commission said they were in contact with local authorities.
01:07In this case, as in all of the previous cases of drones, for example,
01:12there have been several across the EU and EU airports.
01:15We are in close contact with the national authorities in this case, as well as EASA.
01:21Rygunjena has referred to the incursions as, quote,
01:24hybrid attacks and floated the possibility of the country invoking NATO Article 4.
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