Maria Zakharova: negotiations are needed to resolve the crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border , the parties must sit down at the negotiating table. This was stated during the briefing by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, the correspondent of Lenta.ru reports.
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According to the diplomat, Minsk made the necessary statements and offered transport and logistics solutions to get out of the current situation. Zakharova called on the parties to do everything possible to solve the problem, “so that it certainly does not worsen.”
The migration crisis on the border of Belarus and the European Union began at the end of May. Large groups of illegal migrants from Africa and the Middle East began to storm the borders of Lithuania, Poland and Latvia in the hope of obtaining asylum in the European Union. It is assumed that Minsk uses its national tour operator Tsentrkurort to transport migrants to the EU borders and make money on it.
The crisis escalated on November 16, when some refugees tried to break into Poland. In response, the Poles used special means, as a result of the incident, soldiers, migrants and journalists were injured. Then Lukashenko gave instructions to place illegal immigrants in the logistics center.