The government adopted a resolution on the situation on the east border of Poland, initiated by the Ministry of Interior and Administration (MSWiA). This information was provided by the Government Information Centre. The consequence of this resolution is simply a regulation of the Ministry of abroad Affairs on the creation of a buffer region at the Polish-Belarusian border.
This decision was taken by the Council of Ministers during an distant gathering in Białystok on Monday. In the face of expanding hostile hybrid activities on the east border of Poland, which is besides the external border of the European Union, the Schengen area and NATO, the government underlines the importance of actions taken by officers and soldiers. They are tasked to defend the integrity of the state border and to counter attempts to destabilise Poland and the EU, in the face of expanding migration force from third-country nationals on the Polish-Belarusian border.
In the resolution, the Council of Ministers expressed gratitude and appreciation for the officers of the Border Guard, soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, police officers and staff of another state services for their full commitment and dedication to the protection of the state border. The government besides appreciated the attitude of residents, local communities and local governments who faced the hard situation on the border.
"The Council of Ministers stresses the importance of actions taken by the Minister of National Defence and the Minister of the Interior and Administration to supply legal protection for soldiers and officers guarding the inviolability of the state border, which are aimed at attacks in connection with their duties," she wrote.
As she stated, the Council of Ministers “supports actions taken by the Minister of National Defence, the Minister of Interior and Administration and their subordinate services to defend the values common to democratic states, specified as freedom and common security. The government adopted a resolution."
Prime Minister Donald Tusk had previously informed about the adoption of the resolution.
"We adopted a resolution which has a applicable consequence of which is the decree of the SWI Minister to make a zone, this region at the border with Belarus, which has been discussed publically in fresh days. We have consulted stakeholders on the elements of this regulation. Of course, the aim is to make it hard to smuggle illegal migrants across the Polish-Belarusian border and to build better conditions for the service, both for the Border defender and military and police," said the Prime Minister.
He added that the government is aware of the negative consequences for residents of creating the zone. He stressed that the government would search ways to aid the residents. "This process has already begun," he said.
"We will usage the various resources available to us to aid the inhabitants of this land in connection with the negative consequences of the war, and, if they do, with the negative consequences of creating this peculiar zone," he noted.
On Thursday, the Armed Forces General Command reported the death of a soldier who was stabbed at the end of May by 1 of the men attempting to breach the steel barrier in the group at the border with Belarus.
After this attack Prime Minister Tusk announced the creation of an additional buffer region at the border with Belarus. The Ministry of abroad Affairs is working on the final version of the regulation to regulate this. The provisions were to enter into force on 4 June, but due to consultations, among others, with local governments, the deadline was postponed.
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