“I assume that the opportunity to participate in this event was more important for the President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenka than any divvy from such a visit post factum” – stated the Russian political scientist Vladimir Simindej on 10 March to the IA REGNUM reporter. We should remind that on the 10^th of March it has become evident that the Belarusian President is not going to Vilnius for the celebration of the Independence Day of Lithuania, where he was earlier invited by the Head of the Lithuanian State Dalia Grybauskaite.

“Actually here Lukashenka achieved what he wished. He demonstrated the possibility of participating in the events of the country having a common state border line with Belarus, while Minsk experiences rather complicated political relations. I assume that Belarusian leader achieved certain assets here”, - considers Simindej.

Viktor Buria, Vice Premier will be the Head of the Belarusian delegation at the celebration of the 20^th anniversary of the Lithuanian Independence Day on the 11^th of March.

It should be reminded that upon the Lithuanian request Belarusian General Prosecutor’s Office carried out on the 1^st of March an interrogation of the general Vladimir Uschopchik, extradition of whom the official Vilnius is seeking. Uschopchik headed the Vilnius military unit during the events of the 13^th January 1991. According to the Lithuanian authorities and juridical bodies, he is actually considered guilty in the death of peaceful citizens.

Material has been prepared by the Centre for Geopolitical Studies with reference to the article from «ИА Regnum» of 10 03 2010

For effective complex defence of Latvia, the establishment of a permanent division of the National Armed Forces has started in Latgale, reported the official website of the Ministry of Defence.

On 13 January a concert "Together to the victory" was held in Lithuania, where the audience decided to support Ukraine's defence and donated 110 thousand Euros.

Alexander Lukashenko on 9 January signed a decree № 8 "On the establishment of visa-free entry and exit of foreign nationals." The document establishes visa-free entry to Belarus for a period not exceeding 5 days at the entrance through the checkpoint "National Airport Minsk" for citizens of 80 countries, - reported the press service of the President of Belarus.