Belarus–Latvia border

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Belarus–Latvia border
Characteristics
Entities Belarus  Latvia
Length172.912 kilometres (107.443 mi)
Belarusian and Latvian boundary markers
Belarus–Latvia border in Krāslava Municipality, 2023

The Belarus–Latvia border is of 172.912 km (107.443 mi) length. It spans from the tripoint with Lithuania to the tripoint with Russia.[1] It is an external border of the European Union.

The current border between the republics of Belarus (CIS member) and Latvia (EU member) was established after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and confirmed by an agreement of 21 February 1994 about the establishment of the border,[1] finalized on April 10, 2013, in the agreement about the functioning of the border.[2]

For about 16.6 km (10.3 mi), the border runs along the Daugava River. It also crosses the Lake Rychy and an island in the lake. The border starts from the triple junction of the borders with Lithuania ( 55°40′50.17″N 26°37′49.79″E / 55.6806028°N 26.6304972°E / 55.6806028; 26.6304972[3] ) and continues to the east to the triple junction of the borders with Russia ( 56°10′12″N 28°09′04″E / 56.17000°N 28.15111°E / 56.17000; 28.15111[4] )

Concerns have been raised at the treatment of refugees at the border. Ieva Raubiško, a Latvian human rights activist, was found guilty of supporting the intentional crossing of refugees from Belarus to Latvia; she had submitted an urgent review to the European Court of Human Rights about the treatment of refugees.[5][6][7][8]

Border crossings

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The May 10, 2006 decree of the President of Belarus no. 313 established the following border crossings.[9]

# Name (Belarus — Latvia) Crossing type
1 Minsk, Belarus — Daugavpils, Latvia railroad
2 Hryharowshchyna (Грыгароўшчына) — Paternieki[10] highway
3 Urbany (Урбаны) — Silene[11] highway
4 Hawrylina (Гаўрыліна) — Meikšāni simplified crossing
5 Druya (Друя) — Piedruja simplified crossing
6 Lipawka (Ліпаўка) — Vorzova simplified crossing
7 Plyusy (Плюсы) — Kaplava simplified crossing

References

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  1. ^ a b "Государственная территория и государственная граница Республики Беларусь". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. ^ ДОГОВОР между Правительством Латвийской Республики и Правительством Республики Беларусь о режиме латвийско - белорусской государственной границы
  3. ^ Jan S. Krogh's Geosite: Byelorussia (BY) - Latvia (LV) - Lithuania (LT)
  4. ^ Byelorussia (BY) - Latvia (LV) - Russia (RU) trifinium
  5. ^ "Latvia: Human rights defender Ieva Raubiško on trial for 500 days with no verdict". Front Line Defenders. 14 August 2025. Archived from the original on 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  6. ^ Puķe, Ieva (28 February 2024). "Activist could face charges for helping migrants". LSM. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Human rights defender Ieva Raubiško sentenced for helping asylum seekers". Front Line Defenders. 26 August 2025. Archived from the original on 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  8. ^ ""Gribu palīdzēt bēgļiem" aktīviste Ieva Raubiško saņem sabiedriskos darbus par migrantu grupas nelikumīgu ievešanu. Apsūdzība prasīja cietumsodu". Jauns (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 20 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  9. ^ Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 10 мая 2006 г. № 313
  10. ^ ""Grigorovshchina - Paternieki customs border"". Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  11. ^ Пункт пропуска Урбаны - Силене граница таможня Беларусь - Латвия.