From our correspondent in Moscow
The Kremlin initially felt that it was not concerned, but this new migration crisis has grown to such an extent that Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin picked up their phones on Tuesday to speak to each other - it was the second time in less than a week . According to the official Belta agency, the concern of the two presidents concerns first of all the presence of Polish soldiers on the border with Belarus. It is also there that some 2,000 migrants from the Middle East have gathered there and arrived by plane in Minsk in recent months with the intention of joining the European Union (EU), in particular Germany. let's not look for a fight ”with Poland or the EU, launched President Lukashenko,“ we know where our place is, but we will not kneel down either ”.
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