- 21 May, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityLukashenko
Belarus border issue is attempt to destabilise EU – EU executive
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The thousands of migrants on the European Union's eastern borders with Belarus is an attempt by the Minsk regime to destabilise the EU, rather than a…
Merkel calls Belarus opposition leader to support free elections there
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel talked on the phone with Belarusian opposition leader in exile Svetlana Tikhanouskaya about the political crisis in Belarus and the "difficult situation" at…
Belarus opposition leader urges Austria to do more to counter Lukashenko
VIENNA (Reuters) - Belarusian opposition leader in exile Svetlana Tikhanouskaya urged Austria's government and Austrian companies present in Belarus to do more to help her allies against President Alexander Lukashenko…
Belarus helped migrants cross into EU, Lukashenko says – BBC
LONDON (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said it was "absolutely possible" his forces had helped migrants cross into Poland but denied they had been invited, the BBC reported.…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Putin says any Belarusian move to cut gas flows risks hitting ties
By Katya Golubkova and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Belarus had not consulted him before raising the possibility of cutting Russian natural gas…
Belarus leader says he wants Russian nuclear-capable missile systems
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus wants Russian nuclear-capable Iskander missile systems to deploy them in the south and west of the country, President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview with a…
Analysis: Lukashenko ties fate to Moscow while testing Putin’s patience
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko has made a political art form of drawing on Kremlin support to keep himself in power for 27 years while seemingly…
