A woman walks across a carpet with the NATO logo ahead of a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, July 11, 2018. (GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)

MOSCOW - Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin on Monday accused the NATO military alliance of building up offensive capabilities near his country’s borders, the Belta news agency reported.

Lithuania said on Sunday that NATO needed to adjust its stance towards Belarus, whose military, it said, was becoming more integrated with Russia’s armed forces.