The head of the National Security Agency, Jacek Siewiera, informed on TVP Info about sending a Polish advisory mission to Finland, consisting of specialists who took part in the preparation of the barrier, as well as about the entire operation to protect the Polish border.
Poland will help Finland!
As a result of the visit of Finnish President Sauli Niinistö to Poland, during the official visit during the talks of President Andrzej Duda, decisions and proposals were made at the request and request of the Finnish side, which was formally received yesterday, to send an advisory mission from the Polish side to Finland due to the intensification of the hybrid attack, this time on the Finnish border, which is much more difficult to defend
– said the head of the National Security Bureau in the program “Guest News”.
Today the National Security Agency confirmed the implementation of such a mission and the decision to send specialists who participated in the preparation of the barrier, as well as the entire operation to protect the Polish border from 2021.
– added.
What is the purpose of this mission?
First of all, the transfer of experiences that Poland gained at that time is a wide range, because let us remind you that we had a whole spectrum of threats in the field of information, in the field of such cognitive warfare, also narrative issues, but also issues related to the application of international law, a certain assertiveness of the services (…), as well as the implementation of typical operational activities related to responding, for example to the violation of Polish airspace by helicopters
– Siewiera explained.
All these incidents are a source of potential knowledge that we can share with allies
– added.
Just as when we were preparing the Polish border in 2021 and Britain sent its technical troops and advisors here, we also want to offer assistance and our experience to the new ally within NATO structures.
– emphasized the head of the National Security Bureau. He pointed out that it is also about experiences in the field of ‘fighting in the cognitive sphere, the involvement of citizen movements, non-governmental organizations, various actors in the public arena who participate in the discussion about how the state responds to forced migration. “
Sieweria also wrote about the mission of military advisors on the X website:
One of the results of the official visit of the President of Finland, Sauli @niinisto, at the invitation of President @AndrzejDuda, is an official request for allied support in the face of a hybrid attack on the Finnish border. Poland intends to respond positively to the request of our NATO ally and EU partner. A team of military advisors will provide on-site knowledge about border security, including at an operational level.
It’s a necessity
The head of the National Security Agency called the decision to close further border crossings between Finland and the Russian Federation a necessity. He added that at a time when Finland is “recording an unprecedented increase in attempts to cross the border illegally by migrants with visas issued in the Russian Federation,” Poland is noticing a “marked decrease in the number of attacks or attempts to illegally cross the border.” to cross” the Polish border.
According to the head of the National Security Bureau, “it is good that in the current political debate the story of the future government, the parliamentary majority, about maintaining the operational barrier on the eastern border is also maintained.”
This is the right direction. The President is happy to see that the good decisions to erect this barrier are being maintained
– Siewiera emphasized.
The Finnish government closes the border with Russia
On Tuesday, the Finnish government decided to close the entire border with Russia. According to this decision, emigrants coming to Finland via Russia will not be able to cross the eastern border and submit asylum applications there. Only the transport of goods across the Finnish-Russian border is permitted. This decision was taken due to the influx of migrants from third countries and in response to “organized action by the Russian state aimed at exerting influence,” Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo emphasized at the Helsinki conference.
In autumn this year, almost 1,000 people from third countries reached Finland via the eastern border without proper documents, including traveling the last part of the border area on bicycles or scooters.
The four main border crossings in Karelia, where traffic from St. Petersburg and Moscow is concentrated, were closed for three months in mid-November. Other northern border checkpoints were closed a few days later for the period until December 23 this year.
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Source: wPolityce