Lukashenko, Putin discuss situation on Belarus-Polish border in phone conversation
<p> MINSK, Nov 9 - PrimePress. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the situation with refugees at Belarus’ border with Poland in a telephone conversation on 9 November, the Belarusian president’s press-service said in a report. </p> <p> </p> <p> “The telephone conversation focused on the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border as well as on the tough actions of the Polish side in relation to peaceful people. It was emphasized that the facts of the build-up of the Polish regular troops on the border are the cause for greater concern. The heads of state discussed alarming facts and trends on the Belarusian-Polish border,” the report said. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to the Kremlin press-service, “the two presidents also discussed a range of bilateral issues following the November 4 meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus”. “The sides reiterated their commitment to the further development of mutually beneficial integration processes in the spirit of partnership and allied relations.” “The presidents exchanged <…> views on the situation with refugees at the Belarusian-Polish and Belarusian-Lithuanian borders,” the Kremlin report said. </p> <p> </p> <p> The migration crisis on Belarus’ border with Latvia, Lithuania and Poland deteriorated dramatically on November 8, when several thousand people in organized groups escorted by Belarusian law enforcers approached the Polish border from the Belarusian side near the Bruzgi-Kuznica Bialostocka border checkpoint and are not leaving the border zone. Some of them have tried to cross into Poland by cutting razor wire fences. The Polish side estimated their number to be three to four thousand. They tried unsuccessfully several times to break through the border fences. Poland has completely closed the border checkpoint for an indefinite period. </p> <p> </p> <p> In July 2021, President Lukashenko stated that, due to sanctions imposed by Western countries, he no longer intended to restrain illegal migration to the European Union. This was followed by attempts to illegally cross the border with Lithuania, Poland and Latvia by migrants from the Middle East, with total inactivity of the Belarusian border service. By 1 November, the Polish border guards alone registered 23 thousand such attempts. The Polish and Lithuanian leaders have repeatedly stated that the current migration crisis is organised by the Belarusian and Russian authorities. End </p>
2021-11-10
Primepress
Lukashenko, Putin discuss situation on Belarus-Polish border in phone conversation
MINSK, Nov 9 - PrimePress. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the situation with refugees at Belarus’ border with Poland in a telephone conversation on 9 November, the Belarusian president’s press-service said in a report.
“The telephone conversation focused on the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border as well as on the tough actions of the Polish side in relation to peaceful people. It was emphasized that the facts of the build-up of the Polish regular troops on the border are the cause for greater concern. The heads of state discussed alarming facts and trends on the Belarusian-Polish border,” the report said.
According to the Kremlin press-service, “the two presidents also discussed a range of bilateral issues following the November 4 meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus”. “The sides reiterated their commitment to the further development of mutually beneficial integration processes in the spirit of partnership and allied relations.” “The presidents exchanged <…> views on the situation with refugees at the Belarusian-Polish and Belarusian-Lithuanian borders,” the Kremlin report said.
The migration crisis on Belarus’ border with Latvia, Lithuania and Poland deteriorated dramatically on November 8, when several thousand people in organized groups escorted by Belarusian law enforcers approached the Polish border from the Belarusian side near the Bruzgi-Kuznica Bialostocka border checkpoint and are not leaving the border zone. Some of them have tried to cross into Poland by cutting razor wire fences. The Polish side estimated their number to be three to four thousand. They tried unsuccessfully several times to break through the border fences. Poland has completely closed the border checkpoint for an indefinite period.
In July 2021, President Lukashenko stated that, due to sanctions imposed by Western countries, he no longer intended to restrain illegal migration to the European Union. This was followed by attempts to illegally cross the border with Lithuania, Poland and Latvia by migrants from the Middle East, with total inactivity of the Belarusian border service. By 1 November, the Polish border guards alone registered 23 thousand such attempts. The Polish and Lithuanian leaders have repeatedly stated that the current migration crisis is organised by the Belarusian and Russian authorities. End