The Belarusian foreign minister has said his country is willing to engage in dialogue with Warsaw over a crisis that has seen dozens of migrants trying to force their way across the border with Poland every day.
Since the summer of 2021, Minsk has been waging hybrid warfare against the EU’s eastern flank by deliberately sending migrants, primarily from the Middle East and Africa, to its frontiers with Poland and the Baltic states.
Several Polish servicemen have been injured and one has died from a stab wound.
“We are ready to welcome any Polish delegation, experts, specialists, and authorities to jointly examine the situation at the border,” Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov said, referring to a proposal from President Alexander Lukashenko that was conveyed to Poland's chargé d'affaires in Belarus.
Several Polish servicemen have been injured and one has died from a stab wound.
“We are ready to welcome any Polish delegation, experts, specialists, and authorities to jointly examine the situation at the border,” Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov said, referring to a proposal from President Alexander Lukashenko that was conveyed to Poland's chargé d'affaires in Belarus.
Ryzhenkov claimed that “many falsehoods circulate in the West about alleged camps in Belarus preparing migrants to cross the border.” He added that no concrete evidence has been presented to the Belarusian side.
According to Nasha Niva, an independent website, Poland's primary objective in discussions with Belarus is to alleviate the border migration crisis and secure the release of Andrzej Poczobut, a jailed Polish-Belarusian journalist and activist.
Poland temporarily halted the inflow of trucks at the Kukuryki-Kozlovichi border crossing with Belarus on July 10, in what experts have said is Warsaw’s primary means of pressuring Minsk.
Nasha Niva added that Polish President Andrzej Duda raised the border issue during his recent visit to China. Subsequently, Poland sent a signal to Belarus by conducting detailed inspections at the Malaszewicze freight train terminal, which is crucial for Chinese cargo transport.
Polish pressure
According to Nasha Niva, an independent website, Poland's primary objective in discussions with Belarus is to alleviate the border migration crisis and secure the release of Andrzej Poczobut, a jailed Polish-Belarusian journalist and activist.
Poland temporarily halted the inflow of trucks at the Kukuryki-Kozlovichi border crossing with Belarus on July 10, in what experts have said is Warsaw’s primary means of pressuring Minsk.
Nasha Niva added that Polish President Andrzej Duda raised the border issue during his recent visit to China. Subsequently, Poland sent a signal to Belarus by conducting detailed inspections at the Malaszewicze freight train terminal, which is crucial for Chinese cargo transport.
Source: PAP, TVP World
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