Ukraine and Belarus agreed to strengthen border regime at the border

Belarus and Ukraine will strengthen border regime on the common border to prevent destabilization of the situation in both States, reports TASS with reference to the foreign Ministry of Belarus.

the sides agreed during the meeting with chargé d’affaires of Ukraine, acting head of the foreign Peter Wroblewski.

the Agreement to intensify cooperation between border agencies and strengthening border regime was achieved against the background of currently in Belarus election campaign and detention in Minsk 33 Russians, some of which were previously seen in part in the hostilities in the Donbass.

Earlier near Minsk have been detained more than 30 soldiers of the Russian private military company “Wagner” who allegedly planned to destabilize the country during election campaign. According to the Agency “BelTA”, all of them are citizens of Russia. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko called the incident an accident.