This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. The European Parliament will consider the proposed decision on provisional emergency measures for the bloc's external borders with Belarus based on Article 78 3 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union TFEU. The measures were first triggered during the 2015 migration crisis to relocate 160,000 people from Italy and Greece to ensure a fair and balanced distribution of asylum seekers in the bloc. The Article states that in the event of one or more member states being confronted by an emergency situation characterized by a sudden inflow of nationals from third countries, the Council may adopt provisional measures for the benefit of the member state s concerned, on a proposal from the Commission. After consulting with the European Parliament, it will act. The move would aim to solve the humanitarian migratory crisis at the borders between Poland, Latvia and Lithuania with Belarus. The European Union says a migration crisis in Belarus is orchestrated by Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko, as a result of a rise in the flow of people from Middle East and Africa trying to cross its borders from Belarus this year.
Last week, US President Joe Biden promised Central European NATO more military support as concern grow over a Russian troop build-up on the border with Ukraine, Lithuania's presidential adviser said. Mr Biden reassured the allies that Washington would not reach an agreement with Russia about the region behind their backs, adviser Asta Skaisgiryte told reporters. The US President had spoken to the leaders of NATO countries along the alliance's border with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine -- Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria. READ MORE: EU shot itself in foot by politicizing its border before the Belarus crisis.
Ms Skaisgiryte said additional reassurance elements are possible in these countries and additional military capabilities are possible without naming possible locations. Russia has accumulated troops on its border with Ukraine, where Kremlin-backed rebels have been fighting the Kiev government, raising fears that it might be preparing to invade. Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that he intends to attack Ukraine, but he has bridled against NATO's eastward expansion and deployment of military hardware close to its border. On Sunday German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his government is committed to safeguarding Ukraine's role as a transit route for gas into Europe, as Russian troops movements along the Ukrainian border increased pressure on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. EU tipped to tighten grip of members' borders with special guard INSIGHT UK troops help Poland combat Belarus migrant threat VIDEO Brexit LIVE BLOG Nord Stream 2, which would transport Russian gas to Germany and bypass Ukraine, hasn't been certified due to regulatory hurdles, while Poland and the United States have demanded a halt to the pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine. Germany's new government, as sworn in on Wednesday, hasn't made a public commitment to block it. During his first visit to Poland as chancellor, Mr Scholz said Germany felt responsible for ensuring Ukraine's gas transit business was successful, echoing his predecessor Angela Merkel. He said the same goes for future opportunities. We will help Ukraine become a country that will be a major source of renewable energy and the necessary production that results from that. We are in concrete talks about how we can help achieve that. Mrs Merkel said that the political basis for operating Nord Stream 2 was Russia's commitment to continue to use Ukraine as a gas transit route.