(AP) The prime ministers of Poland and Lithuania said Friday that tighter security at their borders with Belarus was the best way to ease pressure from migrant inflows there, as they expect what they called a “hybrid attack” from Belarus to continue.
Poland’s Mateusz Morawiecki and Lithuania’s Ingrida Simonyte also said stronger bilateral cooperation, including in business, and infrastructure, would help against hostile pressure on the European Union’s eastern border.
Morawiecki and Simonyte, as well as their government members, discussed ways of preventing illegal migration and enhancing border security.
“We are preparing for a scenario of a long-term dispute around our borders,” Morawiecki said following the talks. He added that the two countries would implement “a stronger physical protection against the illegal migration, which (Belarusian President Alexander) Lukashenko’s regime has turned into a weapon.”
