LITHUANIA’S president Dalia Grybauskaite says she is considering expelling Russian diplomats over the nerve-agent attack in the UK.
Britain has expelled 23 diplomats over the poisoning attack on a former Russian double agent and his daughter.
Theresa May’s government blames Moscow for the military grade nerve-agent attack. Both father and daughter are in critical condition.
Asked whether Lithuania would take similar action, Grybauskaite said: “We are considering such measures.”
At today’s EU summit in Brussels, Grybauskaite also offered her full support to May’s government.
Former Soviet state Lithuania shares a border with Russia’s western Kaliningrad exclave.
It comes as Russia’s ambassador to the UK said Britain has a history of violating international law and can’t be trusted in investigating the poisoning.
Parroting the official Kremlin denials, ambassador Alexander Yakovenko told reporters that Britain has blamed Russia for the March 4 nerve agent attack but has presented no evidence.
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Lithuania is one of a handful of Baltic NATO states that were once part of the Soviet empire. Vladimir Putin has made no secret of his desire to return them to his fold.
Just over a year ago General Sir Richard David Sheriff, one of the world’s most experienced military men, warned Putin was deploying troops and tanks on their borders.
Experts have also warned about the vulnerability of the Suwalki Gap – a 60 mile stretch of land that connects Kaliningrad with Russia’s ally Belarus.
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