According to the commissioner, Polish colleagues on the other side of the border have not requested assistance, but officers maintain contact and a joint Lithuanian-Polish police patrol is operating in Alytus county in Lithuania. He stressed that there have been no issues so far.
“We have sufficient capabilities to operate under different situations. (&) It would not be worse if these days people who drive to Poland for economic reasons would postpone journeys just in case,” said Požėla.
He said that the Lithuanian police are monitoring the situation and the main task is to help drivers and maintain public order in case of any problems.
Director of the National Crisis Management Centre Vilmantas Vitkauskas visited the border area as well. He told the media that law enforcement of both countries cooperate and share information. He said actions would be coordinated and if Poland decides to inspect goods vehicles this should be done quickly so as not to hinder traffic on the main road from the Baltics to Poland and other EU Member States.
According to him, if longer than 2 km queues form on the road between Kalvarija in Lithuania and Budzisko in Poland, then vehicles should be redirected to Lazdijai border checkpoint.
