Poland and Lithuania seek EU and NATO assistance in defending their borders

The latest remarks on border protection come in the face of the threat posed by Russia's war in Ukraine.

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00:00Lithuania and Poland's defence ministers have called for the internalisation of the protection

00:06of the EU and NATO's eastern border.

00:10The joint call was made during the visit of Poland's defence minister and deputy prime

00:15minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz to Lithuania on Wednesday.

00:20Both leaders stressed that border protection remains a key task.

00:25The Polish state, together with its allies, will do everything to better protect the eastern

00:30border of the European Union and NATO.

00:32This is our most important challenge, and this challenge must be realised not only by

00:36national states, but by the entire European Union, and we call for it together.

00:41The internationalisation of the border issue, border protection, is a key issue.

00:47The European Union must get involved in the defence of its borders.

00:51The three Baltic states and Poland last week signed a letter calling on the EU to be involved

00:57in building an estimated €2.5 billion defence line along the bloc's eastern border with

01:04Russia and Belarus.