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The Belarusian authorities consider it necessary to pay particular attention to the state border with Ukraine due to increased circulation of illegal weapons, Acting State Secretary of Security Council of the Republic of Belarus Stanislav Zas said on Belarusian ONT Channel on Sunday, according to Russian news agency TASS.
"The border with Ukraine is 1,084 km long. So it happened, that it is less equipped. In addition, we take into account the events that take place in Ukraine – the spread of weapons and ammunition, including in areas that border with Belarus," Zas said.
"Belarus is closely monitoring the events in the territory of Ukraine. Unfortunately, there is a negative trend there. In this situation, we must pay particular attention to our southern border," he said.
At the same time, Zas said that in general, such measures are not extraordinary. Last year, same measures were taken at the north-western borders.
Read alsoLukashenko: Belarus ready to do its best for peace in Ukraine"Over the last two years, we have worked a lot in the south to strengthen the state border and equip it, we also worked on the demarcation, setting up new checkpoints, and supplying them with modern engineering equipment," he said.
"We are not fenced off by a wall from the brotherly Ukrainian people. On the contrary, our checkpoints are being improved. We are talking about a civilized border between the two states," Zas said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed a Decree "On the system of electronic queue of vehicles at the checkpoints." According to the document, prepaid electronic queue will be established at the Belarusian border in six months.