Event 02629c3c-0c9b-407f-a6c6-7204ecbf7d3c

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Uncategorized Country: Latvia Country: Belarus

Source: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/06.02.2024-latvia ...

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Latvia-Belarus border point Silene to remain closed

Short Summary: Latvia has extended the closure of its Silene border post with Belarus due to heightened concerns over hybrid threats and security.

Description

The Latvian government has decided not to reinstate the operation of the Silene border post on the Latvia-Belarus border, citing the need to prevent possible threats to Latvia's internal security, with increased hybrid warfare risks as a factor.

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Taking into account the need to prevent possible threats to Latvia's internal security, on Tuesday, February 6, the government decided not to reinstate the operation of the Silene border post on the Latvian-Belarusian border.

Since the number of irregular border crossings from Belarus to Latvia has not decreased much, the reinforced operation regime of the border security staff will be continued.

As soon as the Finnish government decided to open the border crossing points on the Finnish-Russian state border, they immediately saw a large influx of migrants... According to security experts, the Russian Federation uses hybrid warfare tactics also over the country's border with Finland, repeating the scenario of organizing illegal migration crisis, which has already applied on the border of the Republic of Belarus with the Member States of the European Union.

Source

https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/06.02.2024-latvia-belarus-border-point-silene-to-remain-closed.a541851/