The interior ministry spokesman says the incident justifies Poland’s decision to restore border controls from next week.
The interior ministry spokesman says the incident justifies Poland’s decision to restore border controls from next week.
PiS says the measure will help stop Germany sending migrants back to Poland who have illegally crossed the border.
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“We are determined to protect the borders of the democratic world,” say the quartet, who sit on the eastern flank of both the European Union and NATO.
It is an offence to enter the area directly on the border, and a number of tourists have already been fined this summer for doing so.
The soldiers are expected to arrive at the border within the next two weeks.
Poland called on Minsk to “urgently explain the incident” and “put an end to any provocations” alongside its border.
Belarus denies the claim, but eyewitness accounts have also confirmed that the aircraft crossed the border.
The mercenaries will help migrants cross into Poland and may even enter disguised as migrants, says Morawiecki.
The arrival of Wagner forces in Belarus “could mark a new phase of hybrid warfare”, says Jarosław Kaczyński.
The governments say, however, that there is “currently no justification for reintroducing border controls” as two German states requested.
Poland’s human rights office has visited the group to ascertain their status.
“We must prevent a loss of control at the border,” say the interior ministers of Brandenburg and Saxony.
“Unfortunately we will encounter such provocations,” said the Polish government spokesman.