{"id":1278,"date":"2023-08-28T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T09:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1278"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"poland-baltics-unlikely-to-close-borders-with-belarus-latvian-minister","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1278\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland, Baltics unlikely to close borders with Belarus \u2013 Latvian minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 28,&nbsp;<em>BPN<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Latvia, Lithuania and Poland will likely decide against closing the European Union&#8217;s borders with Belarus, Latvian Interior Minister M\u0101ris Ku\u010dinskis&nbsp;told Latvia&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>TV3<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official stressed the need to exchange detailed information and show common positions and solidarity, commenting on the interior ministers&#8217; meeting in Warsaw scheduled for today,&nbsp;<em>Delfi&nbsp;<\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Lithuanian Interior Minister Agn\u0117 Bilotait\u0117 said that the August 28 meeting would focus on developing common response strategies to possible threats or provocations from the Belarusian side and working out criteria for border closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuania is ready to develop a comprehensive plan to seal the border and coordinate it with Poland and Latvia, she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vilnius is currently evaluating the possible closure of more border checkpoints at the shared border with Belarus over smuggling following the closure of the \u0160umskas and Tvere\u010dius checkpoints on August 18, Bilotait\u0117 said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 28,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;Latvia, Lithuania and Poland will likely decide against closing the European Union&#8217;s borders with Belarus, Latvian Interior Minister M\u0101ris Ku\u010dinskis&nbsp;told Latvia&#8217;s&nbsp;TV3. The official stressed the need to exchange detailed information and show common positions and solidarity, commenting on the interior ministers&#8217; meeting in Warsaw scheduled for today,&nbsp;Delfi&nbsp;reported. Last week, Lithuanian Interior Minister Agn\u0117 Bilotait\u0117 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-1278","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Poland, Baltics unlikely to close borders with Belarus \u2013 Latvian minister | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 28,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;Latvia, Lithuania and Poland will likely decide against closing the European Union&#039;s borders with Belarus, Latvian Interior\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1278\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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