He noted that he considers the behavior of the EU strange, which introduces sanctions against the Belarusian authorities and at the same time expects the strengthening of measures on the part of Minsk to counter illegal migration to Europe.
“Today Belarus is the safest state in the world.
So what?
Do they want me to five times increase the border service and border troops and bring them to the border?
Who will pay for this?
In conditions of strangling our people and our state, who will pay? "
- BelTA cites his words.
Earlier, Lithuania turned to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi with a request to respond within the framework of its powers to the migration crisis.