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The
discovery of the stone, now sitting 2.20 metres (7.2 feet) away
from where it was placed in accordance with a border agreement
two centuries ago, has caused a flap in a normally sleepy rural
area.
"If it belongs to us, it belongs to us. We don't want to be
robbed of 2 metres," a resident of the French village of
Bousignies-sur-Roc told RTL Info.
On the other side, in the Belgian village of Erquelinnes, mayor
David Lavaux appeared keen to avoid an international incident.
"The land was sold and I think the person who bought it changed
the borders the way he wanted," he said. "But this isn't just a
private border, it's a border between countries and you can't
just at will move boundary markers that have been there for a
long time."
(Writing by John Chalmers, editing by Estelle Shirbon)
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