Germany is in favor of new European Union sanctions against Belarus, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday (November 10th), accusing President Alexander Lukashenko of
"unscrupulous"
exploitation of
migrants by sending them to the border with Poland.
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"We will sanction all those who participate in the targeted smuggling of migrants,"
Heiko Maas said in a statement, adding that the EU will work to
"extend and strengthen (...) the sanctions against the Lukashenko regime"
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