Belarus will take a number of measures to adequately respond to the deployment of U.S. tanks in Lithuania, Belarusian Defense Minister Andrei Ravkov said.
According to the defense minister, Minsk will increase its military contingency in the Lithuanian direction in order to reinforce the Belarusian border.
"Measures will be taken to reinforce the Belarusian border and station more ground troops in the Lithuanian direction," Ravkov said.
In addition, a number of information and diplomacy measures are being taken in addition to military ones, BelTA reported.