Germany: Calls for new EU sanctions against Belarus

The official Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Haiko Maas, was in favor of imposing new sanctions on its part The European Union in Belarus. In fact, she blamed him Belarusian President, Alexander Lukashenko, that it exploits “ruthlessly” thousands of migrants, whom it promotes at the border with Poland.

“We will impose sanctions on all those involved in targeted migrant trafficking,” he said. Mr. Maas in a press release issued by his services, warning that the EU. is working to “extend and strengthen sanctions against the Lukashenko regime. He must realize that his calculations will have no effect“, He stressed.

Thousands of desperate migrants are trapped in the midst of increasingly bad weather and polar cold on its borders. Belarus with the Poland. THE Warsaw argues that the Belarus and the Russianuse migrants to destabilize European security.

Europeans have been accusing him for months Alexander Lukashenko how it creates a crisis by giving visas to immigrants and then sending them to Europe thus attempting to avenge the European sanctions imposed by Brussels in his government because of the repression of the Belarusian opposition after the 2020 presidential elections.

Describing the situation on the Belarusian border as “horrible”, o Mr. Maas accused him Mr Lukashenko that he causes a “dangerous” situation, from which “there is no way out for him”.

He also assured that the Brussels intend to take action against countries and airlines involved in the transfer of migrants to Belarus.

“No one should be allowed to take part in Lukashenko’s inhumane acts with impunity,” he said, warning that “we, as the EU, are ready to guarantee that there will be consequences.”

THE PiPresident Lukashenko, her ally Moscow, has stressed for his part that his country “will not kneel” in front of EU.