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.