Lithuania has clarified its role in the purchase of surveillance drones for Belarusian authorities.
Lithuanian authorities wired the funds for the 15 drones to Belarusian ones under an EU programme, a Lithuanian diplomat said.
But Lithuania did so on 8 May, well before the eruption of pro-democracy protests in Belarus on 9 August.
"There was no physical launching of the project and the Belarus counterparts of the project bought the drones themselves," the diplomat said.
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