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Documents issued by Belgium to citizens of the Baltic states will no longer have records "born in the Soviet Union", Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.
No more 'born in Soviet Union' record in Belgian documents for Baltic citizens
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Thanks to efforts of the Lithuanian Embassy, an agreement was reached with the Belgian Foreign Ministry and the country's National Register to review information about Lithuanian citizens residing in Belgium and change the records of their place of birth from "the Soviet Union" to "Lithuania".

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