Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Ogryzko: Merkel actually recognized Lukashenko's legitimacy 
Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko in his article for the NV portal .ua said that the acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with her call to Alexander Lukashenko, “actually recognized” his legitimacy as President of Belarus.
In the material, the ex-Foreign Minister criticized the reaction of Western countries to the migration crisis on the border of Belarus and Poland. In his opinion, their leaders, including Merkel, showed weakness by entering into a dialogue with Minsk and Moscow.