Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office began an investigation the flight of the Swedes

On August 14, Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT) launched pre-trial investigation into the illegal Lithuanian state border crossing.

The pre-trial investigation was launched on the basis of illegal border crossing and the violations of international flight rules, writesLETA/ELTA.

Pre-trial investigation is conducted by the Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office.

As charter97.org has previously reported on August 14, Ambassador of Belarus to Lithuania, Vladimir Drazhin, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. During the meeting, the official European Union's position on Belarus' refusal to renew the accreditation of the Ambassador of Sweden and the fact that Swedish diplomats would lose their status was explained.

The EU member-states agreed to react unanimously on these decisions made by the Belarus authorities. During the meeting, it was underlined that the Belarus Government's decision on expulsion of Swedish diplomats will affect not only bilateral relations between Sweden and Belarus, but also will have an impact on relations between the EU and Belarus.

Swedish advertising agency Studio Total took the responsibility for the teddy bears stunt. Its representatives have pointed out that they acted on their own initiative.