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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.

Newly appointed Lithuanian Minister of Defense, Laurynas Kasčiūnas. Photo: Augustas Didžgalvis, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Lithuanian president appoints new defense minister

Laurynas Kasčiūnas’s nomination was presented to the president by PM Ingrida Šimonytė last week after the previous minister of defense resigned at her request.