Lithuania summons Russian diplomat over sea border expansion

Vilnius (AFP) May 22, 2024

Lithuania said Wednesday it has summoned a Russian diplomatic envoy over plans to unilaterally extend Russia's maritime border into Lithuanian and Finnish territory, warning the move could be a hybrid warfare tactic. Lithuania's foreign ministry said it was "summoning a representative of the Russian Federation for a full explanation". Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said her govern