Merkel discussed with Putin the crisis with migrants, since Lukashenka does not get in touch Belarus to Alexander Lukashenko directly to discuss the migration crisis that erupted at the border with Poland. Instead, she contacted him bypassing – through Russian President Vladimir Putin. This statement was made by the official representative of the Cabinet of Ministers of Germany, Steffen Seibert, quoted by Interfax.
Seibert explained this act by the fact that Lukashenka allegedly does not get in touch with Merkel himself.
the assessment of the German government, the Russian government has a certain influence on the Belarusian regime, on the Belarusian government. Negotiations with President Putin are negotiations with someone who is listened to in Minsk, “added a representative of the Cabinet.
This is how he commented on messages about Merkel's call to Putin, during which the chancellor asked the president to influence Minsk in connection with the situation with migrants. The conversation took place on the initiative of the German side, the Kremlin stressed.