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Lithuanian Official to Newsmax: 'Biden Must Warn Putin Against Annexing Belarus'

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the launching ceremony of the Gazprom's Amur Gas Processing Plant, via a video conference, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on June 9, 2021. (SERGEI ILYIN/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

By John Gizzi | Tuesday, 15 June 2021 10:42 AM EDT

When he sits down with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, President Joe Biden must warn the Russian strongman against annexing Belarus, says a top official from neighboring Lithuania.

In an exclusive interview with Newsmax, Zygimantas Pavilionis, the former Lithuanian ambassador to the U.S. and Mexico and now a highly influential member of Lithuania's parliament, voiced a growing fear shared by fellow Lithuanians that Russia is poised to annex Belarus in much the same way as it did parts of Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014.

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