The ongoing migration crisis on the borders of Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia with Belarus since spring 2021, and on Finland’s border with Russia since late 2023, is part of a hybrid operation by the Belarusian and Russian security services against NATO and the EU.
The defence ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland met on Friday in Daugavpils to discuss the possible financing of the Baltic Defence Line from the European Union budget.
The Baltic Defence Line is a joint initiative of the Ministries of Defence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia launched in 2024 to reinforce countermobility capability along the eastern boarder of NATO.
On March 5, Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia approved border fortification and counter-mobility plan for eastern border.
Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian defence ministers signed the agreement on Baltic Defence Line further reinforce the external border of the Baltic States and NATO’s eastern border.
