I have official confirmation of the removal of the Lithuanian enclave of
Pagiriai in Belarus from the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry.
Could someone post this to the intboundaries site?
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[The] State border between the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of
Belarus was established by the Agreement on State Border between Lithuania
and Belarus signed on 6 February 1995 (entered into force on 26 April 1996).
According to it, Lithuania has no enclaves in Belarus. In the negotiations
for the border delimitation the two countries agreed to eliminate Lithuanian
Pagiriai enclave (covering an area of 169 ha) and to compensate Lithuania
with land, adjacent to its mainland. The following 4 lots of land were
transferred to Lithuania:
31 ha to the south of Tavreli village;
63 ha to the north-west of Podeguti village;
52 ha to the north of Brazhelci village;
23 ha to the north of the river Dumble.

During the negotiations other possibilities concerning the Pagiriai enclave
were also considered, in particular joining the enclave to Lithuania by a
narrow (200 m in width) ��corridor��. This proposal was not acceptable to
the Belorussian side.

There was a farmstead inside the enclave with three people (citizens of
Lithuania) living in it. A farming company of Salcininkai disctrict raised
lupin in the enclave.

The demarcation of state border with Belorussia started in 1997. It was
agreed that 342 km lenght section of the border would be marked by
Lithuania, and the rest (308 km) by the Belorussian side. Lithuania has
completed the works in its section, erected all needed border posts. The
demarcation will be finished after Belorus equips its section of the border.
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