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NATO offers further help to allies in Belarus migrant crisis – Stoltenberg

BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO is ready to further support allies affected by the Belarus migrant crisis, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday, calling the situation on the border with Poland,…

Blinken says U.S. will remain focused on Belarus migration issue

ABUJA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said the United States will remain very focused on the migration crisis in Belarus after authorities on Thursday cleared…

Germany won’t admit refugees from Belarus-Polish border -interior minister

WARSAW (Reuters) - Germany will not take in refugees stranded on the Belarus-Polish border, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Thursday after talks with his Polish counterpart. "If we took…

EU says ‘no question of any negotiation with Lukashenko regime’

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive said on Thursday there could be no negotiation with Belarus over the plight of migrants at its border with Poland and Baltic states,…

Estonia announces snap military exercise, will put razor wire along Russian border

(Reuters) - The Estonian government summoned 1,700 reserve soldiers on Wednesday for an unannounced exercise which will include installing a razor wire barrier along 40 km of its border with…

NATO restates support for Poland over Belarus migrant crisis

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that the alliance was deeply concerned about Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's strategy of putting migrant lives at risk, offering Poland…

‘Tourists’ In Belarus Become Refugees in Poland

When Kamaran Mohammed travelled with his wife and three children to the Belarus capital Minsk last month from their home in northern Iraq, they went as tourists. They were among…

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Lukashenko says he will hold second call with Merkel amid migrant crisis -Belta

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday he would have a second phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel amid a push to end a migrant crisis…

UK’s Johnson says choice looms between Russian hydrocarbons, backing Ukraine

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday there is a choice coming soon on whether to mainline more Russian hydrocarbons or to back Ukraine, peace and…

In rare phone call, Merkel and Lukashenko discuss help for refugees

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Belarus' leader Alexander Lukashenko held a phone call on Monday to discuss humanitarian aid for refugees and migrants stranded at the EU-Belarus…

Macron, Putin agree on need to de-escalate migration crisis in Belarus -Elysee

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on the need for a de-escalation of the migrant crisis at the Belarus border, even if the…

Latvia begins military exercise near Belarus border amid migrant crisis

(Reuters) - European Union member Latvia has deployed 3,000 troops for a previously unannounced military exercise near its border with Belarus this weekend amid an escalating migrant crisis along the…