Jan Parys EN

Vilnius is ready to defend Warsaw, Lithuanian diplomats said in a message in the Polish media on Tuesday after a Polish official stated it would be difficult to persuade Poland's troops into caring for safety of the Baltic states due to national minority problems.

A Polish diplomat stated on Friday that the situation of Polish minorities in Lithuania is worse than that in Belarus, and the outstanding problems may make it difficult to persuade Polish troops to take care of Baltic security.