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The EU plans to impose sanctions on Belarus on the refugee crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland. Belarus: it will only be counterproductive

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Original title: EU plans to sanction Belarus on the refugee crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland. Belarus: it will only backfire

The refugee crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland has not yet been resolved. On November 14, local time, the foreign policy leaders of the European Union and Belarus conducted direct communication on the matter for the first time. Brussels is preparing to impose new sanctions on Belarus, but Minsk believes that this will be futile and “backfire”.

According to news from the French 24 TV station on the 14th, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Borelli held a telephone conversation with the Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Maqyi on the same day. Negotiations.”

“The current situation is unacceptable and must be stopped. People should not be used as weapons.” Borelli said in a tweet. In the Belarusian statement on this round of talks, Maqyi said that any sanctions would be “useless” and would be “reverse.”

Currently, there are tens of thousands of immigrants from the Middle East stranded at the border between Belarus and the European Union. Western countries accuse Belarusian President Lukashenko of designing a “border crisis” against neighboring countries and Europe by encouraging refugees to come to Belarus and sending them to the border. Belarus denied the allegations that these people entered Belarus through legal channels.

The EU foreign ministers are scheduled to meet on Monday (15th) to discuss the expansion of sanctions imposed on Belarus. Borelli said that the foreign ministers will approve sanctions against everyone involved in “(immigrant) human trafficking,” including airlines, travel agencies and related officials.

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Polish Prime Minister Mateus Morawiecki stated that one of the measures being envisaged is to “close the border completely and cut off all economic interests of the Lukashenko regime.” He also believes that the entire European Union should jointly contribute to Poland’s project to build a separation wall on the border.

It is reported that the final destination of these immigrants via Belarus was Germany and other Western European countries. One of the routes they took was via direct flights from Turkey and Syria to Minsk. Under pressure from EU diplomats, Turkey has now banned Iraqis, Syrians and Yemenis from flying to Belarus. The private Syrian airline Wings of Tatar Airlines also said it would stop flights to Minsk.Return to Sohu to see more

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