The head of state stressed that & nbsp; when the border is closed, neighbors will harm themselves.
“Then you & nbsp; think about how you & nbsp; will buy energy from & nbsp; Russia & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; he said, referring to & nbsp; the actions of the Poles.
Also, the Belarusian leader called on Warsaw to “ take their chicken brains into their hands '' and & nbsp; think twice before making statements like this.
“ And & nbsp; if I close? '' What will & nbsp; & nbsp; this stream then, which in & nbsp; mainly to & nbsp; Russia, China go through & nbsp; us? & Raquo; & nbsp; & mdash; Lukashenko asked.
In addition, he & nbsp; pointed out & nbsp; the country's primary interests at & nbsp; the present moment.
“ The Poles decided to close our border with & nbsp; Belarus. Okay, close. We & nbsp; not & nbsp; very often go to the & nbsp; European Union. Our interest today is in & nbsp; Russia, China and & nbsp; in & nbsp; East most of all & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said Lukashenko.
Relations between Minsk and & nbsp; Warsaw deteriorated amid the migration crisis, & nbsp; of which the parties blame each other. The cause of the crisis was the massive influx of refugees from & nbsp; Iraq in & nbsp; in early November. Several thousand people approached the & nbsp; border, cut the barbed wire and & nbsp; tried to break into & nbsp; the territory of Poland. The Polish authorities in & nbsp; responded by stepping up the security of the borders and & nbsp; for several weeks already suppressing attempts of migrants to penetrate the & nbsp; republic, accusing Minsk of & nbsp; an artificially created crisis.
The Polish authorities are considering the option of closing the border with Belarus, through the territory of which part of the Russian gas is supplied to European countries. border crossing in & nbsp; Kuznitsa on the & nbsp; border with & nbsp; Belarus.
On November 29, Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets announced that & nbsp; preparation of the fifth package of European sanctions against Belarus is nearing completion. It is planned that & nbsp; it & nbsp; will come into effect & nbsp; 2 & nbsp; December.
On November 11 & nbsp; Lukashenka said that & nbsp; Belarus will toughly respond to the & nbsp; introduction of new sanctions. The President emphasized that & nbsp; Minsk could close transit through & nbsp; Belarus, while & nbsp; and it would be impossible to pass through Ukraine, since the Russian border was closed there.
The situation with & nbsp; migrants on the & nbsp; border of Poland and & nbsp; Belarus escalated in & nbsp; ; early November. A large group of refugees in & nbsp; Belarus came to the & nbsp; border in the & nbsp; forest belt. The migrants were cutting barbed wire at the & nbsp; border of the two countries and & nbsp; asked to let them & nbsp; on & nbsp; the territory of the European Union. In & nbsp; Poland announced a & nbsp; tough attack on the & nbsp; border for the first time in & nbsp; 30 years. European countries blame Minsk for the & nbsp; migration crisis, which denies any involvement in the & nbsp; increase in the flow of refugees.