Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: the EU should not have a double approach to the situation with migrants in the involvement of Moscow in the migration crisis on the border of Poland and Belarus. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry at the talks with France in the “2 + 2” format said that the European Union should not have a double approach to the situation with migrants on the Polish-Belarusian border. “And we explained the situation in which there should not be any double standards in comparison with how migrants are treated in other EU countries, and not on the border with Belarus,” Lavrov stressed.
He called on the European Union (EU) to act in one spirit, fully respecting the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law. Also, according to Lavrov, he does not think that the Russian side has convinced the French colleagues, but Russia has arguments with which France did not argue, only called for help to convince the authorities of Belarus to solve the problem.
Earlier, the deputy head of the foreign policy service The European Union (EEAS) has disclosed details of the telephone conversations he had with Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergei Aleinik on the migration crisis on the border with Poland. At the same time, he said that sanctions remain the main method of influencing the Belarusian authorities. On what restrictions and in what order to introduce the heads of the EU countries will agree on November 15, at a meeting of the EU Council.
The migration crisis on the border of Belarus and the EU countries began after Lukashenka threatened to weaken control over the flow of refugees and drug trafficking. This happened against the backdrop of yet another aggravation of relations between Minsk and the West.