BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

18/01/2007

Belarus won't control border with Russia - Lukashenko

MINSK. Jan 18 (Interfax) - Belarus will not control the border with Russia, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday.

"I think we won't make any arrangements for the Belarusian-Russian border," he said. "No, we won't," echoed Chairman of the State Border Forces Committee Lt. Gen. Alexander Pavlovsky.

"We will not protect the Belarusian-Russian border, although they [Russia] have planted their customs offices there," Lukashenko said.

Source:

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11662261