Russia has many questions for the countries of the European Union (EU) on the crisis with migrants on the Belarusian-Polish border. Dmitry Polyansky, Russia’s first deputy permanent representative to the UN, told reporters on Thursday before raising the issue with the Security Council.
“We have a lot of questions for them and we will certainly ask our colleagues,” he said. Poland is violating international norms by acting against migrants on the border with Belarus, Polyanski said. There are many cases where Polish and Lithuanian border guards beat migrants and push them back into Belarus. This is an absolute shame and a complete violation of all possible international conventions and norms, “he said.
Belarus has no reason to send migrantswho arrived in the republic, back to the countries they came from, Polyanski said.
“They [беларуските власти] they have no reason to send them [мигрантите] in the countries they came from, it would be a violation of international conventions, “he said. Russia and Belarus are doing nothing to help migrants reach the border with Poland, Polyansky said.
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Polyanski added that disagrees with the description of the migrant crisis as artificially created, according to representatives of Western countries. “Talk to migrants and you will understand how artificial it is. I have seen reports on German television where people who have managed to cross into the EU say that it is entirely their decision. No one has pressured them and they have absolutely legal grounds. staying in Belarus, “the diplomat said.
A number of western countries accused Belarus of artificially creating the crisis, and Russia for supporting the action of Minsk. In this regard, according to a number of media outlets citing sources in the European Union, sanctions could be imposed on a number of legal entities and individuals, both in Belarus and in the Russian Federation, who are allegedly involved in creating the crisis. On Thursday, EU sources also denied plans to impose sanctions.
The flights of Russian planes over Belarus became a response of the Russian Federation within the framework of the allied commitments to Minsk to the accumulation of armed forces from Poland near the border, Polyansky said.
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Poland informs NATO about the situation on the border with Belarus
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“People who see from this angle that such flights are a provocation forget to mention that this is a response to the massive build-up of Polish troops on the border with Belarus and that we have obligations within the framework of the union between Russia and Belarus and within the CSTO, “he said in response to a question.
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