02:42Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko urged Berlin and Warsaw to solve the migrant crisis and let the asylum seekers into Germany, visiting a centre housing the migrants in Bruzgi on Friday.
"Please, take these people in. This number is not very big. They want to live in Germany — 2,000 people is not a big problem for Germany," he said, claiming that acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel had agreed on it. A spokesperson for the German government said Lukashenko's claim was false.
Lukashenko also visited the logistics centre in Bruzgi, where the migrants were moved last week from a makeshift camp in the border zone.
The migrant crisis escalated earlier this month after thousands of migrants set up a tent camp on the Belarus-Poland border and attempted to cross the frontier.
Brussels has accused Lukashenko of orchestrating the migrant flow as part of a 'hybrid war' designed to pressure the bloc over sanctions. Minsk has denied the allegations.
Belarus: ‘Take these people in’ - Lukashenko tells Germany, Poland as he visits migrants on border
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko urged Berlin and Warsaw to solve the migrant crisis and let the asylum seekers into Germany, visiting a centre housing the migrants in Bruzgi on Friday.
"Please, take these people in. This number is not very big. They want to live in Germany — 2,000 people is not a big problem for Germany," he said, claiming that acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel had agreed on it. A spokesperson for the German government said Lukashenko's claim was false.
Lukashenko also visited the logistics centre in Bruzgi, where the migrants were moved last week from a makeshift camp in the border zone.
The migrant crisis escalated earlier this month after thousands of migrants set up a tent camp on the Belarus-Poland border and attempted to cross the frontier.
Brussels has accused Lukashenko of orchestrating the migrant flow as part of a 'hybrid war' designed to pressure the bloc over sanctions. Minsk has denied the allegations.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko urged Berlin and Warsaw to solve the migrant crisis and let the asylum seekers into Germany, visiting a centre housing the migrants in Bruzgi on Friday.
"Please, take these people in. This number is not very big. They want to live in Germany — 2,000 people is not a big problem for Germany," he said, claiming that acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel had agreed on it. A spokesperson for the German government said Lukashenko's claim was false.
Lukashenko also visited the logistics centre in Bruzgi, where the migrants were moved last week from a makeshift camp in the border zone.
The migrant crisis escalated earlier this month after thousands of migrants set up a tent camp on the Belarus-Poland border and attempted to cross the frontier.
Brussels has accused Lukashenko of orchestrating the migrant flow as part of a 'hybrid war' designed to pressure the bloc over sanctions. Minsk has denied the allegations.