Poland and Baltic states warn Belarus they will close border if provoked

The interior ministers of Poland and the Baltic states have told Belarus they close their borders (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Nato members Poland and the Baltic states will seal off their borders with Russia’s ally Belarus in the event of any military incidents or a massive migrant push by Minsk, the countries’ interior ministers warned on Monday.

The ministers said they were seeing growing tensions on Nato’s and the European Union’s borders with Belarus, which has taken in thousands of Russia’s military mercenaries and is pushing Middle East and African migrants into Europe, despite various forms of barriers having been put up.