#BORDER CRISIS

Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (R) and Saulius Nekraševičius (L), head of Lithuania’s border control agency at the barrier on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border in Padvarionys, Lithuania, July 3, 2024. Photo: PAP/Valdemar Doveiko

Border security a concern for all of EU, Polish and Lithuanian Def Mins say

The protection of the Polish and Lithuanian borders is a concern for the EU as a whole, and now the two countries plan to raise the issue with their allies, Poland’s Defence Minister said on Wednesday after meeting his Lithuanian counterpart.

French Defense Minister Sebastien Sébastien (L), German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (C), and Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (2-R) review French troops during their meeting Paris, France, June 24, 2024. Photo: PAP/EPA/YOAN VALAT

Polish defense minister asks France, Germany for help at border with Belarus

The Polish defense minister has appealed to his French and German counterparts for help in dealing with an escalating migrant crisis at his country’s border with Belarus.