President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko today accused the European Union authorities of rejecting any discussion about the fate of the two thousand immigrants.
The Berlin does not accept the proposal of Belarus for the reception from Germany 2,000 immigrants who are in Belarusian territory, said today representative of the German government.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko today accused the European Union authorities of rejecting any discussion about the fate of the two thousand migrants trapped in Belarusian territory on the EU's eastern border.
Westerners accuse Belarus of artificially creating the crisis by organizing the flow of migrants from the Middle East to Minsk and then channeling them to the Polish border with the promise of easy passage through European Union territory to avenge the Union's sanctions. imposed on the Belarusian regime to suppress the opposition movement.
"I expect the European Union to answer the question about the 2,000 migrants," Alexander Lukashenko was quoted as saying by Belta news agency during a government meeting.
The President of Belarus stated that he has asked the European Union to welcome the migrants. "(German Chancellor Angela) Merkel promised me that European officials would look into the problem at EU level," Lukashenko, who contacted Merkel twice last week, said.
"But they do not," he said, adding that Brussels was denying any contact on the issue despite calls from Belarus' foreign minister. "We will ask the Germans to accept them," he said.
Belarus assured last week that the German chancellor was to negotiate with the European Union the creation of a "humanitarian corridor" for the crossing of 2,000 migrants remaining at the border with Germany.
This claim was categorically refuted by the German government.
"The idea that a humanitarian corridor could be set up for Germany for 2,000 migrants - and we said that last week - is not a solution acceptable to Germany or the European Union," said German government spokesman Stephen Seibert. Lukashenko.
Thousands of migrants, mostly Iraqi Kurds, were trapped in icy forests on the border between Belarus and Poland, hoping to cross into European territory.
About 400 were repatriated by plane to Iraq on Thursday, and about 2,000 were taken to a detention center shed near the border.
