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16
November
2021

Lukashenko, Merkel discuss ways to resolve migrant crisis on Belarus-EU border – media

MINSK. Nov 16 (Interfax) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed ways to settle the migration crisis on the Belarus-EU border over the phone.

"During the conversation, a number of problems were discussed, and primarily the situation surrounding refugees on the Belarusian-Polish, Belarusian-Lithuanian, and Belarusian-Latvian borders. The parties touched in detail on how to resolve and the prospects for resolving the migration problem in order to prevent the border situation from escalating," the First Man’s Pool Telegram channel close to the Belarusian presidential press service said on Monday.

Lukashenko and Merkel discussed humanitarian support for the refugees through humanitarian aid for them, the channel said. "Alexander Lukashenko and Angela Merkel agreed on further contacts in order to resolve the situation," it said.