Organised by the Hungarian V4 Presidency, the Chairmen of the Committees on Foreign Affairs of the National Parliaments of the Visegrád and Baltic countries held an online discussion on the "Situation at the external borders of the EU with Belarus" on 22 November 2021.
During the online event, participants discussed two topics: 1) the security situation on the EU-Belarus border that has evolved in recent weeks, including, in particular, illegal migration, security concerns, hybrid attacks and the use of migrants as means in that by the Belarusian regime; and 2) the security situation in Ukraine.
All agreed that hybrid warfare was taking place on the border of Belarus with Poland and the Baltic States. They also mentioned the destabilising activities of the Belarusian regime. In terms of Ukraine, they expressed their concerns about the events taking place on the Russian-Ukrainian border, which they feared could deteriorate into armed conflict. They called for assistance and support to Ukraine by the EU as soon as possible.
At the end of the online meeting, the representatives of the V4 countries adopted a joint statement on the situation at the external borders of the EU with Belarus.
