(Delfi) The Lithuanian government has banned entry to people linked to the Hezbollah paramilitary movement which it regards as a “terrorist organization.”
“Hezbollah-affiliated persons were banned from entering Lithuania,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday, adding that the ban will remain in force for 10 years.
The Migration Department imposed the ban based on information about Hezbollah-linked individuals’ activities that pose [a] threat to Lithuania’s national security interests, it said.
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius thanked Lithuanian and Israeli national security agencies as he announced the decision.
