EC Commissioner: You do fantastic work
« We see that it is really necessary to invest in equipment, including surveillance equipment. Systems, unfortunately, have a feature of the aging time. It is already necessary to start up to date with all systems today, » Magnus Brunner (Magnus Brunner), the European Commissioner of the Interior and Migration, told the minister.
According to him, it is also necessary to install roads of access to the state border.
« As we can see, rapid response helps to protect our wall in a timely manner and discourage illegal migrants, which are used as weapons against our country, from the desire to cross our border, » the minister said.
According to him, the training of officials should not be overlooked.
V. Kondratovich hoped that the European Union would allocate funds to ensure border protection.
Vladislav Kondratovich (Photo by P. Peleckis/BNS)
« If there were such a chance to finance these projects, it would be really good, » he said.
Mr Kondratovich urged the European Commission to take into account the financial needs of the first line of the first line of the EU countries, such as Lithuania, to the external border security and critical infrastructure.
According to him, it is especially important for Lithuania to spend enough funds for the smooth and secure implementation of the special Kaliningrad transit scheme, because in the current geopolitical situation, Russian citizens’ transit pose serious security challenges through the territory of Lithuania.
Mr Brunner, for his part, said he would discuss the opportunities for EU support with the Lithuanian authorities.
« You do fantastic work to protect the entire European Union. Security now occupies an important place in the EU, » he said.
According to the Euroca Commissioner, all EU countries are experiencing hybrid attacks from Russia and Belarus.
Security now occupies an important place in the EU.
« Security must become an integral part of all areas in the EU: whether we are talking about energy or infrastructure, and elsewhere, » he said.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, the situation at the border with Belarus remains tense – this year the growth of illegal migrant flows is observed.
During the first months of this year, Lithuanian border guards prevented more than 700 people trying to cross the border illegally. From 2021, when the influx of migrants began. Such cases have already been recorded in more than 23.7 thousand. times.
Now the whole Lithuanian exterior border is observed through technology. 90 % to provide border guards with NATO standards with a weapon, and the patrol path is continued.
In the event of an influx of migrants, Lithuania installed a physical barrier at the border with Belarus, but due to natural obstacles, it does not cover the entire stretch of the state border.
