The leaders of the European Union countries (EU) agreed on the package of new sanctions against the Government of Belarus due to the situation with migrants in the Lithuanian and Polish borders. Reports about it TASS.
EU continues to urgently counteract the ongoing hybrid attack from the Belarusian regime, in particular, by the introduction of further restrictive measures against individuals and legal entities, “the joint statement said on the results of the negotiations. When the EU introduces new sanctions against the Belarusian authorities and what form they will take, unknown.
also says that Brussels does not accept an attempt to use a migration crisis for political purposes. The EU called on Minsk to return to a readmission agreement, which allows you to deport migrants back to the Belarusian territory, which should solve the problem of the influx of illegal immigrants.
Earlier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that “transportation” of migrants across the border of Belarus with the countries of the European Union (EU), which is actually engaged in Minsk, is a hybrid threat to the European Community.