Situation beyond the eastern border

“In recent months, the cooperation between Warsaw and Riga has significantly tightened as a result of the need to jointly address the Belarusian authorities’ hybrid attack against our borders,” stressed Minister Zbigniew Rau after talks with his Latvian counterpart, Edgars Rinkēvičs.

Russian involvement in operation against Poland and the whole Eastern Flank of NATO is obvious. And that's from the very beginning. The Kremlin's responsibility is undeniable.

For two months now, horse patrols have been protecting the eastern border of our Country. Through the use of horses, the Lublin “Territorials” can provide even more effective support for the Border Guard. Horses are particularly useful in the difficult terrain conditions found at the border with Belarus.

Officers from the Bieszczady Border Guard Regional Unit have caught three foreigners who intended to help migrants to illegally cross the border. At the same time, on the Ukrainian side, border services have caught two Turks who were planning to cross the border into Poland on foot.

The head of Polish diplomacy, together with his counterparts from the Visegrád Group, has met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Morocco, Nasser Bourita. The V4 + Morocco political consultations were organised in Budapest by the current Hungarian Presidency.

The actions taken by Alexander Lukashenko’s regime constitute the largest attempt to destabilise the European Union in the last 30 years. Poland does not submit to this blackmail and is doing everything it can to protect the borders of the Community and of NATO. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has visited the Podlaskie Voivodeship. In Krynki, he has met with local government officials from the border zone to discuss the current situation, including support for local communities. The Head of the Government has also visited the uniformed service officers who are protecting our eastern border every day.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki talked to the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre on the phone. This is a continuation of a series of talks held by the head of the Polish government with European leaders on geopolitical threats in Europe. This time too, the main topic was the current situation on the Polish-Belarusian border of the European Union. The head of the Norwegian government expressed his support for the measures taken by Poland. Moreover, the politicians discussed the situation in Ukraine and bilateral issues, including those related to the economic cooperation and, in particular, the presence of Norwegian companies in Poland.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki met with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Warsaw. They discussed, among other things, security in the region in the context of the current situation on the Polish-Belarusian border of the European Union and in the east of Ukraine.

On the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Stockholm, Poland’s and Uzbekistan’s foreign ministers talked about the most important challenges facing the Organization and the Polish chairmanship in the year to come. The diplomats devoted particular attention to security challenges, such as illegal migration, trafficking of human beings, drugs, and weapons.

The crisis at the eastern border of the European Union is an organised action controlled and supervised by Belarusian services. It is the greatest attempt to destabilise the European Community in the last 30 years. We must fight against provocations and disinformation. To this end, a Press Centre will be established at the border; it will be opened on 3 December. It will support ongoing communication concerning the situation at the border. Thanks to appropriate infrastructure, it will enable journalists to work on site.