Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs turned to the Belarusian authorities with a proposal to provide humanitarian assistance to a group of migrants that wagon on the border between the two countries. This is reported by TASS with reference to the appropriate statement, published on the official website of the Polish Foreign Ministry.
Given the severity of the situation, the Polish side is ready to immediately send a convoy with humanitarian aid. With the consent of the Belarusian side, the column entry into the territory of Belarus will be planned by the state agency of strategic reserves through the nearest checkpoint across the border and will be held along the shortest route to the place of residence of migrants. , – Studies in the document.
It is reported that Warsaw is ready to provide migrants tents, beds, sleeping bags, blankets, pajamas, bedding and personal care products, as well as, if necessary, food and medicines.
On August 20, it became known about several dozen illegal migrants stuck between Poland and Belorussia. They tried to illegally cross the border of Poland by Belarus. Having achieved neutral territory, migrants turned out to be blocked by Polish border guards on one side and Belarusian – on the other.
On August 21, the Polish Defense Minister Mariusch Blazkak accused Russia in the migration crisis. In his opinion, it was the actions of the Russian authorities led to the exacerbation of the situation with migrants on the Polish-Belarusian border.