Video from Polish authorities show hundreds of migrants gathered at the main Kuznica border crossing. Belarus denied it was driving the migrant crisis, which has left up to 4,000 people stranded in freezing forests, calling those accusations ‘absurd’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Lukashenko discussed humanitarian aid for refugees and migrants by telephone, a German government spokesperson said.
Middle East travel agencies working together with operators in Belarus provided tourist visas to thousands of people in recent months,The EU executive said it was looking into whether other airlines should face sanctions after the bloc banned Belarus' state-owned carrier Belavia from its skies and airports. Germany's Maas said Turkish Airlines had stayed away.
"It is obvious what Lukashenko's regime and its allies want - to test unity of the Western world," Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said. The Kremlin dismissed a U.S. State Department statement that the border crisis was meant to distract attention from increased Russian military activity close to Ukraine.
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