According to the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus held a briefing for the heads and representatives of foreign diplomatic missions.

“The attempts of the Lithuanian side to present this as some kind of planned act and shift the responsibility onto the Belarusian side are untenable,” the message says. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus stated that "the full transparency of the Belarusian side on this topic was emphasized."

“The readiness of Belarus was confirmed to jointly resolve all complex issues affecting stability and security in the region, life and well-being of people, including within the framework of border cooperation,” the message says.

The Foreign Ministry added that Belarus "has never politicized the spheres of practical cooperation, including with the countries of the West and the EU."

Earlier, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry called the accusations by high-ranking representatives of the European Union against Minsk in creating a migration crisis on the border with Lithuania groundless.