Lukashenko: Poland, under the guise of protecting the European Union from refugees, is building up troops
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has accused the Polish forces on the border , BelTA informs.
“On the borders of our neighbors, especially Poland, there are not only border guards. A strike grouping of troops is being built up there – up to 20 thousand personnel with aviation and armored vehicles, “Lukashenko said at a meeting on the situation at the border.
According to him, all this is done under the guise of protecting the European Union from refugees from countries. “Which were bombed and plundered by the Western coalition led by the United States.”
“I just don’t understand (as the media rightly point out here) why planes, helicopters and tanks are against refugees,” Lukashenka said.
He added that against this background, the EU is “scaling down projects of cross-border cooperation and interaction.” “In addition, they threaten with new packages of sanctions and the construction of a five-meter wall, they are thinking about the complete closure of the borders with Belarus. For God's sake. If there is nothing else to do, we do not mind, “Lukashenko said.
In early November, in Belarus, thousands of migrants from the Middle East stormed the border with Poland and Lithuania, trying to get into the EU. The West claims that the migration crisis was organized by Minsk. Against this background, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said that the fifth package of EU sanctions against Belarus will be adopted in the near future.