We may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. The Belarusian leader told reporters on Wednesday that he is prepared to violate international agreements if Poland shuts its borders to refugees seeking entry into the European Union. The thousands of refugees and migrants from the Middle East have been gathering along the Poland-Belarus border over the past few weeks, sparking a bitter diplomatic row between the two nations. Lukashenko has now resorted to using pipeline access as a bargaining chip in hopes of forcing the EU to accept the influx of people.
His threats have sparked an outcry from Moscow, which has been accused of orchestrating the refugee crisis alongside Minsk. After Mr Lukashenko said he was ready to suspend the flow of energy from Russia's state-owned Gazprom into Europe, the Kremlin warned Belarus against breaching its contractual agreements. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed that Belarus is acting under unprecedented, unjustified and aggressive pressure from the West. He said that President Vladimir Putin is counting on this not resulting in any breaches of our obligations towards European gas buyers, especially at a tough time for the Europeans. Putin sends FIVE minute warning for a new weapon to wipe out Ukraine. Lukashenko seems to have brushed off the warnings from its closest ally. He told the Belarusian Telegraph Agency BelTA As Poland together with others takes more action against Belarus, do they think I am going to stick to some contracts? They should know better. Both Belarus and Russia have been accused of transferring refugees into Minsk and transporting them to the Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian borders to cause chaos across the economic bloc. The three countries are undeterred in their decision not to let people through and have increased security measures while threatening to completely close their borders.
If they close it, they need to think how they are going to buy energy from Russia. In order to try to deescalate the situation, the EU has proposed temporary measures to address the border crisis. Officials in Brussels proposed on Wednesday to curtailing migrant rights to allow for faster deportations and stays in border camps for up to four months. The proposals would weaken procedures meant to protect refugees if approved by the European Commission EC. This comes after the EU and NATO have threatened to take action against Belarus and Russia ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Latvia this week.