As previously reported, after long discussions held in a closed session, the government decided not to resort to the extreme measure of closing the only crossing point on the Latvian-Belarusian border, "Paternieki." Moreover, after the meeting, Prime Minister Kulbergs hastened to state that the issue of closing the border point for an indefinite period was not even considered. Of course, we can only speculate about what was actually discussed today in secret. But the fact remains that the Ministry of the Interior proposed a radical option: complete closure of the border. So why didn’t the government go for it? Firstly, the influx of illegal migrants is not related to the operation of the official border crossing point "Paternieki," as illegals are called that for a reason—they try to cross the border through alternative routes. Even Janis Dombrava understands this. The government would look very strange if, for example, after closing "Paternieki," illegal migrants tried even harder to penetrate Latvia. Secondly, closing the border would deal a terrible blow to the already struggling transit and logistics sector. This was warned in a letter to the Prime Minister by the association "Latvijas auto." It would undermine the supply chain from Latvia and other EU countries towards the CIS and China, and in the opposite direction. Thirdly, since Lithuania does not intend to close its border with the Republic of Belarus, all cargo traffic would shift to Lithuania. What is the logic in that? And fourthly, although the president expressed today that he would support any government decision to combat hybrid threats to Latvia, we dare to assume that the National Security Council did not give the "green light" for a complete border closure.