VILNIUS - The Lithuanian government is advising its citizens to refrain from travelling to Belarus and urging those currently in the country to leave immediately, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Monday.
A Belarus warplane intercepted a Ryanair plane en route from Athens to Lithuania on Sunday and forced it to land in Minsk, where a dissident Belarusian journalist was detained.
Speaking during a cabinet meeting, Landsbergis said Sunday's action by Belarus reflected a worsening security situation in the region.
(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis, writing by Justyna Pawlak; Editing by Kevin Liffey) ((alan.charlish@thomsonreuters.com; +48 22 104 25 27 ;))
