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“Let’s talk about the problem of refugees and migrants. There are various estimates of their possible numbers in the first wave. But it is clear that the people of Afghanistan will join the influx of refugees from Syria, Iraq and Libya. They already joined. Even. if they go to the West, they will still go and fly through our country, “Lukashenko said.
He responded to statements by other CSTO leaders, in particular Russian President Vladimir Putin, who spoke of the need for solidarity and the fact that the situation in Afghanistan could affect everyone.
“It just came to our attention then. It is very strange, because it seems that we are far from Afghanistan, but we were the first to feel the consequences. You probably know (your special services really know because we informed them), Angela Merkel and the West promised to accept. everyone. “Everyone who will flee Afghanistan will welcome everyone,” he said.
Lukashenko also accused Poland on Monday of a border conflict involving Afghan refugees.
“Through Belarus … several dozen, maybe hundreds (I’m not counting them all) went to the West, already Afghans, not Iraqis, not Syrians, but it was the Afghans who invited to the West who promised to accept.” . “What did the Poles do: they captured on Polish territory, you won’t say otherwise, about 50 people who, as they themselves admitted, went to Germany….
The president was summoned by his press service. The event took place in videoconference format.
“It just came to our knowledge then [pabėgėliai] They went to Germany, they go to Belarus they don’t want to. Therefore, Poland organized a border conflict in violation of the Belarusian state border, “Lukashenko said.
Mr. Lukashenko probably had in mind the situation near Usnazh Gurnai village in Podlaskie Voivodeship. For 15 days there, between 20 and 30 migrants have been wandering under the supervision of two state power officials.
Refugees from Afghanistan tried to cross the Polish border illegally, but were prevented by border guards. The Polish authorities indicate that the migrants are in Belarusian territory. The armed officers of the Belarusian forces on one side of the border do not allow them to return to Belarus, and on the other, the Polish border guards do not allow them to enter Poland.
Build a border on the Belarusian border
Polish authorities intend to build a border on the Belarusian border, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Monday.
The government also offered humanitarian aid to a group of migrants stranded at the border for more than two weeks on Monday.
“A new, more solid 2.5m high barrier will be built near the border with Belarus,” the defense minister wrote on the social network Twitter.
According to him, “more troops will be sent to help the border guards.”
“Details of the armed forces’ involvement will be released soon,” Blaszczak said.
Last week, the Defense Ministry announced that the country’s special services had taken measures to strengthen the Polish-Belarusian border with a cutting wire to protect the country from the flow of migrants from Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan trying to enter the European Union. . via Belarus.
According to the ministry, a cut-wire fence was installed in almost 100 of the 418 km of the state border, and such a barrier will soon appear in another 50 km.
“The government’s priority is the safety of Polish citizens,” the Defense Ministry said at the time.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawieckis, in turn, accused Minsk of blackmail.
“Lukashenko’s blackmail will not force us to accept anything,” Morawieckis told reporters on Wednesday.
The Polish government announced last week that 2.1 thousand. the migrants entered or attempted to enter Poland illegally from Belarus. Almost 800 of them entered Poland and were housed in state centers.
At the time, political tensions were rising in Poland over some 30 migrants stranded on the border with Belarus. A refugee advocacy group says these migrants include Afghans and also those in need of medical care. The Polish government claims they are on Belarusian territory, but it continues to be criticized in Poland for not allowing these migrants to apply for asylum.
On Monday, the Foreign Ministry announced that it had issued a diplomatic note to Belarus and offered to provide food, medicine, tents, beds, sleeping bags, blankets and pajamas.
Blaszczak also said Monday that he was submitting a report to prosecutors on notorious dissident from the communist era Wladyslaw Frasyniuk, who had criticized Polish soldiers stationed at the border. Frasyniuk said the Polish soldiers were not behaving humanely at the border and accused them of behaving in a “gang of dogs.”
Deputy Foreign Minister Pawel Jablonski said the situation on the border is proof of how the country would respond to more serious actions in the hybrid war.
“The statements and behavior of a significant group of Polish politicians, journalists and non-governmental activists show that the scenario of any foreign country supporting such an attack on Poland by allies in our country is very real,” P wrote on Twitter. Jablonski.
According to him, officials should take advantage of this situation and “better prepare for similar threatening actions in the future.”
In Warsaw, some two dozen protesters locked themselves in a fence in front of the border guard service headquarters and hung barbed wire at its gates. Therefore, they protested against the behavior of Polish officials at the border.
Earlier on Monday, the prime ministers of the Baltic states and Poland in a joint statement condemned Belarus’s hybrid attack on state borders.
“We, the Prime Ministers of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland, express our deep concern about the situation on the borders of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland with Belarus. It is clear to us that the current crisis was systematically planned and organized by the regime. from Aliaksandr Lukashenko, ”the Lithuanian government quoted in a joint statement.
“The use of immigrants to destabilize neighboring countries is a clear violation of international law, seen as a hybrid attack against Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and, at the same time, the entire European Union (EU),” the prime ministers said in a release. .
Furthermore, they said that the United Nations Security Council should address the mistreatment of migrants in Belarus and that the High Commissioner for Refugees should be asked to take active steps to address this situation.
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