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    EU to broaden Belarus sanctions to include hybrid activity, Lithuania says

    BRUSSELS, Dec ​15 (Reuters) - The European Union is expected to agree on ⁠broadening its sanctions on Belarus' regime to include hybrid ‍activity against the bloc, Lithuania's Foreign ​Minister Kestutis Budrys said on Monday.

    Lithuania last week declared a state ​of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for police and border guards after a wave ‌of smuggler balloons from Belarus ‌repeatedly disrupted air traffic in recent ​months.

    "I'm really looking forward into expanding the sanctions regime ‌on on Belarus if those ⁠hybrid activities continue against us," ‌Budrys said ​before a meeting of foreign affairs ministers from EU countries ⁠in Brussels.

    (Reporting ⁠by Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer, ​writing by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, editing ‌by Bart Meijer)

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