WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish foot soldiers began laying spiked ropes Wednesday along Poland’s border with Russia’s enclave of Kaliningrad after the government ordered the construction of a barrier to save what it fears is another migrant crisis.
Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said a recent resolution through Russia’s aviation authority to release flights from the Middle East and North Africa to Kaliningrad prompted him to take measures that would ensure security “by sealing this border. “
Blaszczak told a news convention in Warsaw that the border would be sealed so that Poland would feel safe. He said he had legal structure of a transient barrier along the 210-kilometer (130-mile) border.
Blaszczak said the barrier would consist of 3 rows of spiked ropes 2. 5 meters (eight feet) on top and 3 meters (10 feet) wide and with a formula for electronic surveillance and cameras. On the Polish side, a fence helps keep animals away. the barbed cord.
The general director of Kaliningrad’s Khrabrovo Airport, Alexander Korytnyi, told Russia’s Interfax news firm on Oct. 3 that his airport would seek to “attract airlines from the Persian Gulf and Asian countries,” the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Blaszczak the airport plans “disturbing”.
Soldiers began placing barbed ropes in the Polish village of Wisztyniec, local border guard spokeswoman Miroslawa Aleksandrowicz told Poland’s PAP news agency.
Wisztyniec is a village where the borders of Poland, Russia and Lithuania meet. Lithuania, like Poland, is a member of NATO and the European Union.
“The barrier will be built at several posts at the same time,” Aleksandrowicz said.
No attempt to illegally enter Poland from Kaliningrad was detected in October, Aleksandrowicz said.
To date, there have been no barriers along the border, but only common patrols through border guards, border guard spokesman Konrad Szwed said.
Poland’s border with Belarus became the scene of a primary migration crisis last year, with large numbers of others crossing illegally. Poland erected a metal wall on the border with Belarus that ended in June.
Polish and other EU leaders have accused the Belarusian government, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, of orchestrating migration to create chaos and division within the 27-nation bloc.