{"id":1287,"date":"2023-08-28T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1287"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"poland-baltics-send-strong-message-to-lukasenka-on-migrants-mercenaries","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1287\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland, Baltics send &#8220;strong message&#8221; to \u0141uka\u0161enka on migrants, mercenaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 28,&nbsp;<em>BPN.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>The interior ministers of Poland and the Baltic States say their joint statement is a &#8220;strong message&#8221; to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s government, according to a news release from the Polish interior ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At today&#8217;s meeting in Warsaw, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland agreed to close the border with Belarus in the event of a dangerous incident or an&nbsp;influx of migrants from that country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministers then said in a joint statement that securing the European Union&#8217;s frontier with Russia and Belarus was one of their governments&#8217; top priorities, according to the news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They called on the Belarusian government to remove Russian Wagner Group mercenaries from the country and illegal third-countries migrants from areas bordering the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interior ministers&nbsp;pledged to keep access to their territory for Belarusian opposition members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvian Interior Minister M\u0101ris Ku\u010dinskis said the statement was &#8220;a signal to Minsk that we will not delay our decisions.&#8221; &#8220;Each of our countries could react accordingly within a few hours,&#8221; he said, as quoted in Polish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Belarusian opposition leader, Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, welcomed the move in a video and described it as a &#8220;virtual ultimatum&#8221; to \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 28,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;The interior ministers of Poland and the Baltic States say their joint statement is a &#8220;strong message&#8221; to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s government, according to a news release from the Polish interior ministry. 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