The Estonian Foreign Ministry said that Lukashenko demanded that Merkel lift the sanctions on Belarus Germany Angela Merkel put forward an ultimatum in exchange for ending the migration crisis at the borders of the European Union. The details of their conversation were revealed by Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets, she is quoted by the ERR.ee portal.
According to her, the Belarusian leader demanded that the EU leaders recognize the legitimacy of his power, as well as lift all Western sanctions against Belarus … At the same time, the diplomat stated that we should not go along with Lukashenka and urged to adopt a new package of sanctions against Minsk as soon as possible.
“In our opinion, it is important for the European Union to remain united and exert its influence to Belarus through actions, ”Liimets said.
The telephone talks between Lukashenka and Merkel took place on November 15. According to Lukashenko, the first topic of the talks was the migration crisis and the situation on the border of Belarus. The Belarusian leader said that he “made a proposal to resolve the situation.” At the same time, he stated that there can be no claims to Minsk in the current situation.
The migration crisis on the border of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania escalated on November 16, when some of the refugees tried to break through to Poland. In response, the Poles used special means, as a result of the incident, soldiers, migrants and journalists were injured. Then Lukashenka gave instructions to place the illegal immigrants in the logistics center.