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News portal 15 min. Lt Editor-in-chief Vaidotas Beniušis discussed on the show that the goal of the Belarusian leader, Aliaksandr Lukashenko, is quite clear: to have influence.
“It seems to me that there is no great doubt, and it seems to us, and Lukashenko himself says the same, that it is a deliberate act. And Lukashenko’s objective is also quite clear: he wants to gain influence in the negotiations, not only and not so much with Lithuania, but with the European Union (EU). To possibly relax the sanctions, or at least not to introduce new ones, to start some kind of dialogue, ”said V. Beniušis on the news radio program“ Events and comments ”.
He recalled in the program that the Belarusian leader is currently isolated.
“He wants to have this lever in his hands, as this has sometimes paid off in the Mediterranean, in the case of countries like Turkey or Libya, where the EU actually bought them to stop migratory flows,” the news portal said. . 15min.lt chief editor.
V. Beniušis stated that it is possible to stop the flow of migrants in the best possible way without releasing them and not when trying to keep them out.
“Lukashenko seeks to have this lever in his hands and is now awaiting the reaction of the EU,” said V. Beniušis, editor-in-chief of the news portal 15min.lt
Latvia and Poland do not face such a large flow of illegal immigrants.
LRT journalist Virginijus Savukynas stated on the show that the flows of illegal immigrants entering Lithuania do not scare Brussels or the EU.
“It just came to our attention then. Because our government is not prepared for these processes. As we can see now in public speeches, it is not entirely clear what will happen next. The government is fighting the fires today, but from the point of view From the point of view of the western countries, this is a small problem that Lithuania has to solve. And that would affect the powerful Europeans to start talking about the inability of Lithuania to deal with a small number of refugees at the European level, I really don’t think that it is a serious argument to negotiate with Lukashenko in the Brussels corridors, “said LRT. journalist V. Savukynas.
V. Beniušis spoke on the program that Lithuania has no clear plan.
“The only action we have heard so far is the upcoming visit of Foreign Minister Gabriel Landsberg to Iraq. Because there are several ways to solve this problem. First of all, to negotiate with Belarus, which our government probably will not do, at least in public, because of Lukashenko’s policy of non-recognition and isolation.
Gingerbread, it seems that we do not want to give. Then there is the principle of the whip: toughen the sanctions even more and see what the reaction will be. The third way is to dissuade the organizers from that path. And here the dilemma arises again: we know how some European countries, like Hungary, are behaving in a tough and demonstrative action and if this is acceptable to our government or not. And things like the demonstrative approach and the repatriation of illegal immigrants, but that requires an agreement with Iraq. If we were ready, we could also have that agreement and mechanism, coordinate it and not do everything in detail “, assured V. Beniušis in the program.
Faced with this crisis, there is more and more talk of building a fence. However, according to V. Beniušis, interlocutor of the radio news program “Events and comments”, this is definitely not a panacea.
“A fence cannot be a panacea. Because according to the rules, let’s understand if a person is on the fence, it is the territory of Lithuania. It is purely on the border, it would be 5 or 10 meters on the territory of Lithuania. This is according to all the rules, if a person is already on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania and applies for asylum, he should be considered. And that person has the right to lodging and things like that. The fence is only there to control these flows ”, he assured.
News portal 15min.lt the editor-in-chief reiterated that building a wall is certainly not the answer.
“The solution may be, either some kind of agreement reached by the Belarusian side so that they will not miss the refugees again, or through pressure or dialogue. Another way is to try a deterrent method – send knowledge, preferably – send planes of return. But these processes take time and our government to follow the Hungarian path would not be very in line with what they have declared in the last six months. I think the rhetoric will be stricter “, commented V. Beniušis in the program” Events and comments “.
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