President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is trying to copy the policy of blackmail of Turkish leader Recep Erdogan, who threatens the West with an invasion of refugees and Islamic radicals.
Columnist Alexander Asafov stated this on the PolitWera Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The expert drew attention to the sharp increase in the number of illegal immigrants entering the EU from the territory of Belarus.
“According to statistics, over the past year there were 74 such citizens, before that there were even fewer, in 2019 there were about 50. And as of the day before yesterday there were 1664 in the first six months. Maybe 500 have already been delivered - this is one plane that arrived, and more were added.
The fact that this situation is artificial – yes, absolutely. The fact that Lukashenko took part in it, as revenge, among other things, for providing support to Tikhanovskaya and so on, is also a fact. The fact that he will deny this and dissemble about the fact that “Belarusian border guards are tired of checking documents, and this just happened” is also true. Whether he has any moral grounds for this, I don’t know, I’m not ready to judge him.
We have a new Erdogan on the continent. Erdogan uses exactly the same methods to communicate with the Americans, with us, and with the European Union regarding refugees. He also puts them in a similar negotiating position,” Asafov said.
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