Poland, Lithuania to advocate border protection in EU, NATO

2024-07-03 14:46 update: 2024-07-04, 14:55
Photo PAP/Valdemar Doveiko
Photo PAP/Valdemar Doveiko
Protection of Polish and Lithuanian borders is a European agenda and the two countries will raise the issue both in Brussels and Washington, Poland's Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Wednesday.

The Polish defence minister, together with his Lithuanian counterpart Laurynas Kasciunas, visited the Lithuania-Belarus border crossing at Padvarionys, southeastern Lithuania.

Kosiniak-Kamysz said that Poland and Lithuania would appeal to the EU to make protection of their borders a fully European matter at the next EU summit and will also raise the issue at the July 9-11 NATO summit in Washington.

"There is a hybrid war ongoing on the Poland-Belarus border, as well as on the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian borders (with Belarus and Russia - PAP)." Kosiniak-Kamysz added.

The Lithuanian defence minister went on to say that "Poland has vast experience in border protection and I think we will be able to share our experience." 

The Polish and Lithuanian defence ministers were scheduled to meet again later in the day in Vilnius. (PAP)
stm/mf

All materials (especially agency messages, photographs, graphics and film material) placed on this Portal are protected under the Law on copyright and related rights of February 4, 1994 and the Law on the protection of databanks of July 27, 2001. The said materials may be used only under appropriate license agreements. Any usage of said materials by Portal users without a valid license agreement is forbidden with the exclusion of legally allowed exceptions (especially permitted personal usage).

Recent news