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Moldova's vaccines and Lithuania's border fence, July 2021
Summary
A look back at two regional developments reported in the days before 12 July 2021, involving US vaccine aid for Moldova and a new Lithuanian border fence.
What was happening on Ukraine's western and northern flanks as of 12 July 2021? Two reports from the preceding days gave the answer.
On 10 July 2021, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced that the United States had donated 500,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Moldova. Moldovan President Maia Sandu praised the United States for deploying the vaccines to the country.
On 9 July 2021, Lithuania began building a fence along its border with Belarus, at a reported cost of $48 million. A week earlier, Lithuania had declared a state of emergency over a rise in the number of undocumented migrants, mostly Syrians, crossing from Belarus. Lithuania accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of deliberately trying to destabilise the country by encouraging and allowing the illegal crossings.
The two reports concerned different issues: public health support for Moldova, and border security and migration for Lithuania.
