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Lithuania has officially admitted that its border guards had violated the Belarusian border, pledging to take measures to prevent such incidents in the future.
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A note in return to an analogous Belarusian step was Friday handed to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry by Lithuania's Ambassador to Minsk Andrius Pulokas, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said.

"The note expresses regret over the incident and assures that the State Border Guard Service of the

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