Andrzej Duda: Poland does not recognize the agreements between Berlin and Minsk behind its back
Poland does not recognize negotiations between Germany and Belarus on the migration crisis held “behind her back.” This was stated by President Andrzej Duda, Wiadomosci reports.
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According to the Polish leader, Warsaw will not accept any binding agreements. “We will not do anything that is agreed behind our backs. We are a sovereign state that has the right to decide independently, “Duda pointed out.
The president's reaction was provoked by the conversation between the interim German chancellor Angela Merkel and the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, during which they discussed the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border. However, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier assured the Polish politician that Berlin had only “expressed a firm position” on the crisis.
Earlier, Lukashenko, in an interview with Merkel, put forward an ultimatum in exchange for ending the migration crisis at the borders of the European Union. The Belarusian leader demanded that the heads of the EU countries recognize the legitimacy of his power, as well as lift all Western sanctions on Minsk.
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.