“The very idea that Belarus can use migration as a weapon, we find deserving of categorical objections,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
At the same time, he refused to say whether the United States would impose migration sanctions against Minsk.
Earlier, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, after a meeting with US President Joe Biden, said that the European Union is studying the possibility of introducing sanctions against airlines that bring migrants to Belarus.