Event 540

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "LT",
    "LV",
    "BY",
    "RU"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Official ministry release with listed participants, location, date, and topical focus on border security at the Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus frontier.",
  "countries": [
    "Latvia",
    "Lithuania"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {
    "is_defense_prep_event": true,
    "links": [
      "https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/article/baiba-braze-and-gabrielius-landsbergis-security-eus-eastern-border-critical-it-first-security-line"
    ],
    "notes": "Discussion of border security measures, sanctions, and countering disinformation and migration manipulation by hostile actors.",
    "title": "Latvian and Lithuanian foreign ministers coordinate defense and border policy at Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus border"
  },
  "description": "Latvian and Lithuanian Foreign Ministers held discussions in Paliesė, Lithuania, emphasizing the critical security role of the EU and NATO eastern border in light of threats from Russia, Belarus, and militarization of migration. Bilateral coordination and regional cooperation on border protection, sanctions, and counter-disinformation were underlined.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-08-26T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Official press statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia detailing joint Latvian-Lithuanian security event focused on eastern border security.",
    "Direct discussion of border threats, hybrid warfare, migration manipulation, and the need for joint defense."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Security of the EU’s eastern border is critical – it is the first security line.",
    "We are guarding not only the common border of our countries but also that of the EU and NATO and we are now fighting common threats – including hybrid threats from Russia, the instrumentalisation of migration, intense sabotage cases, and circumvention of sanctions.",
    "The aim is to strengthen bilateral relations between Latvia and Lithuania through discussing international, regional and bilateral cooperation.",
    "This year’s seminar, organised by the Latvian and Lithuanian Ministries of Foreign Affairs… is taking place in Paliesė, Lithuania."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/article/baiba-braze-and-gabrielius-landsbergis-security-eus-eastern-border-critical-it-first-security-line"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Official press statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia detailing joint Latvian-Lithuanian security event focused on eastern border security.",
            "Direct discussion of border threats, hybrid warfare, migration manipulation, and the need for joint defense."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [
    {
      "country": "Latvia",
      "link": "https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/article/baiba-braze-and-gabrielius-landsbergis-security-eus-eastern-border-critical-it-first-security-line",
      "notes": "Official release of bilateral security discussions.",
      "status": "Official Statement"
    },
    {
      "country": "Lithuania",
      "link": "https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/article/baiba-braze-and-gabrielius-landsbergis-security-eus-eastern-border-critical-it-first-security-line",
      "notes": "Official release of bilateral security discussions.",
      "status": "Official Statement"
    }
  ],
  "headline": "Baiba Braže and Gabrielius Landsbergis: Security of the EU’s eastern border is critical – it is the first security line",
  "location_text": "Paliesė, Lithuania",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_540_1763930331_3b0a18bc.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??LT-LV joint press conference on eastern border.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/article/baiba-braze-and-gabrielius-landsbergis-security-eus-eastern-border-critical-it-first-security-line"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Latvian and Lithuanian Foreign Ministers underline the vital importance of the EU's eastern border in security policy amid increased threats and hybrid challenges at the Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus border.",
  "url": "https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/article/baiba-braze-and-gabrielius-landsbergis-security-eus-eastern-border-critical-it-first-security-line"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LT LV BY RU",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV;LT",
  "Date": "26-Aug-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??LT-LV joint press conference on eastern border",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/article/baiba-braze-and-gabrielius-landsbergis-security-eus-eastern-border-critical-it-first-security-line",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??LT-LV joint press conference on eastern border. ",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}