Germany Chancellor Angelas Merkeles in negotiations with the authoritarian Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has not reached any agreement on the possible distribution of illegal migrants, said on Monday Lithuania the president Gypsies Nausēda.
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He said he had discussed certain details of the two talks with the German chancellor over the phone last Friday.
“We talked about the two talks, (…) because I really wanted to know very precisely what was being said, what commitments were made, or vice versa – what things were not promised – to dispel the myths that are currently being developed in every way,” he told reporters during a meeting with soldiers serving at the border.
“I want to make it very clear that there has been no agreement on the distribution of any migrants, nor on the five or two thousand. The German Chancellor’s aim was to deal with the humanitarian crisis, and this can be addressed first and foremost by suspending new flights to Minsk and promoting flights, “Both would bring migrants back to their countries of origin or homeland. Both were successful and quite successful,” said the President.
At the same time, Nauseda stressed the importance of moving to “multilateral contacts” in relations with Lukashenko. European Union (EU) level.
“The time has come to move from bilateral to multilateral contacts so that there is no suspicion that something is being done behind it, and this task could best be done by the EU institutions – not at the political level, but at the technical level,” he added.
According to the Lithuanian president, these “technical talks” should start soon, and Lithuania will try to take an active part in them, demanding that it be “informed in good time so that the red lines in question are very clear”.
“And let there be no talk of recognizing the president of Belarus, who calls himself president. He is now a man who did not win the election, falsified the election, and nothing new has happened in this regard, so the assessment of our situation has not changed in the slightest. , “said Nauseda.
Asked how the fall in air temperature could affect the flow of migrants, he emphasized that the situation would largely depend on Minsk positions.
“I can say one thing – the behavior of the person who organizes it all is not affected by the air temperature,” the president added.
The German chancellor had two talks last week with the Belarusian dictator: Lukashenko’s first contacts with a Western leader since the presidential election last August, which the West considers to be rigged.
Nauseda, meanwhile, was interviewed last Tuesday British broadcaster BBC He said that the crisis of illegal migration, which had escalated at the EU border with Belarus, could also be resolved through talks with Lukashenko, but his office later explained that this would not mean recognizing the Minsk regime as legitimate.
However, Nauseda’s words provoked a rather turbulent reaction in Lithuania among both members of the Seimas and political experts. The Lithuanian Foreign Minister also called his statements unexpected Gabriel Landsberg, recalling that so far the President has been quite confident against contacts with the dictator of Belarus. Both the Minister and the Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonīte expressed concern that such contacts could encourage Lukashenko to consider himself a recognized leader in the West.
On Monday, Lukashenko said that Minsk was waiting for an answer from the EU about the reception of 2,000 migrants from the Belarusian border with Poland and would demand that Germany accept migrants, but stated that the EU was still refusing to contact Minsk on this issue.
Attempts have been made in recent months to send thousands of illegal immigrants from Belarus to Latvia, Lithuania and Poland during the extended hybrid attack on the Lukashenko regime, most of whom have arrived in Belarus as tourists. Iraq.
The EU has accused the Minsk regime of trying to avenge support for the Belarusian opposition and of sanctions against Belarus in response to last year’s violent crackdown on protests.
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