The European Union does not & nbsp; intend to negotiate with & nbsp; President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on & nbsp; the border with migrants & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Poland, spokesman for the European Commission Peter Stano told RBC.
“ There are no negotiations with & nbsp; Lukashenka's regime. He & nbsp; created this crisis, he & nbsp; brought these people to & nbsp; Belarus, lying to them that & nbsp; they could easily get into the & nbsp; EU, and & nbsp; they are on & nbsp; territory of Belarus. He is & nbsp; responsible not & nbsp; only [for & nbsp; to] take care of & nbsp; these people and & nbsp; to resolve the crisis, but & nbsp; and & nbsp; for & nbsp; to provide access to international organizations to & nbsp; help those in need and & nbsp; to allow the repatriation of people & nbsp; to & nbsp; country & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; Stano said.
“ So there is no talk of & nbsp; negotiations with & nbsp; Lukashenka's regime. What & nbsp; we & nbsp; will do is conduct technical negotiations with & nbsp; UN agencies (Office of the High Commissioner for & nbsp; Refugees and & nbsp; International Organization for & nbsp; Migration) and & nbsp; Belarusian colleagues at & nbsp; working level to facilitate the repatriation of people who are currently at & nbsp; held by the Belarusian security forces on the territory of Belarus. This work is in the & nbsp; process & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; added & nbsp; he.
On the & nbsp; that & nbsp; the refugee problem will be brought to the & nbsp; level of Belarus and & nbsp; EU and & nbsp; from & nbsp; both sides will appoint officials to & nbsp; resolve existing problems, on the evening of November 17 & nbsp; the press service of the President of Belarus reported on & nbsp; the results of his second with & nbsp; the beginning of the week of a telephone conversation with Acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. In the afternoon on & nbsp; Thursday, 18 & nbsp; November, the press secretary of the President of Belarus Natalya Eismont announced the & nbsp; non-fulfillment of & nbsp; EU agreements on & nbsp; settlement of the crisis with & nbsp; migrants.
We keep our promises. With & nbsp; the fact that & nbsp; on the & nbsp; side of the European Union has not yet & nbsp; fulfilled any & nbsp; obligations & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; Eismont was quoted by the state agency BelTA. She added that & nbsp; following a conversation between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and & nbsp; Lukashenko on & nbsp; Wednesday, an agreement was reached to initiate negotiations at the & nbsp; expert level.
There are & nbsp; other disagreements on the & nbsp; essence of the agreements. According to & nbsp; Eismont, even during the first telephone conversation between the two leaders, Lukashenka suggested the & nbsp; EU to create a humanitarian corridor for & nbsp; 2 thousand migrants who are in a & nbsp; camp near the & nbsp; Polish border. “ We & nbsp; undertake & nbsp; ourselves an obligation to assist (as far as possible and & nbsp; at & nbsp; their & nbsp; desire) the remaining 5 thousand to return to the & nbsp; homeland. And & nbsp; Angela Merkel, according to the agreements, will negotiate with the & nbsp; EU, in & nbsp; including the & nbsp; organization of a humanitarian corridor to & nbsp; Germany & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; added by Eismont.