{"id":1002324,"date":"2021-11-12T08:58:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T13:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1002324"},"modified":"2021-11-12T08:58:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T13:58:56","slug":"merkel-calls-on-putin-to-influence-belarus-to-stop-migrant-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merkel-calls-on-putin-to-influence-belarus-to-stop-migrant-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkel Calls on Putin to Influence Belarus to Stop Migrant Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmerkel-calls-on-putin-to-influence-belarus-to-stop-migrant-crisis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1002324&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1200509137-e1636575649119-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to influence the Belarusian government to stop the migrant crisis unfolding along the Polish border.<\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Merkel spoke to the Russian President on Wednesday on the phone about the migrant crisis along the Belarusian border.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Government spokesman&nbsp;Steffen Seibert said that Chancellor Merkel told President Putin: \u201cThe instrumentalisation of migrants against the European Union by the Belarusian regime is inhumane and completely unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Merkel then asked Putin \u201cto influence the regime in Minsk\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2552385\">according<\/a> to <em>Kronen Zeitung<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The call with President Putin comes just weeks after German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer stated that Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/22\/german-minister-holds-russia-responsible-belarus-migrant-surge\/\">was responsible<\/a> for the surge of thousands of migrants who have attempted to cross the EU border with Belarus, thousands who have also gone on to enter Germany.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.8775510204082\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">German Minister Holds Russia Responsible for Belarus Migrant Surge <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qGz17MuQXy\">https:\/\/t.co\/qGz17MuQXy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1451582871865597955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas criticised Minister&nbsp;Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday as well, calling for the European Union to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infomigrants.net\/en\/post\/36349\/belarus-migrant-crisis-germany-calls-for-new-eu-sanctions\">enact new sanctions<\/a> against the country, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/10\/eu-official-demands-more-sanctions-against-belarus-some-warn-escalation\/\">echoing comments<\/a> this week by European Commissioner Ylva Johansson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will sanction all those who participate in the targeted smuggling of migrants,\u201d Minister Maas said and added that the EU must \u201cextend and tighten\u2026 sanctions against Lukashenko\u2019s regime\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, meanwhile, has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svt.se\/nyheter\/inrikes\/polen-anklagar-ryssland-for-granskrisen\">accused Russia<\/a> of being partly to blame for the crisis by accusing the country of engaging in \u201cneo-imperialist politics\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the latest attack by Lukashenko, but he has an aide, and this aide is in Moscow. This aide is President Putin,\u201d the Polish prime minister said, adding: \u201cIt shows that he is determined to rebuild the Russian Empire, a scenario that we, all Poles, must vigorously oppose.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9190751445087\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Swedes and German Among Foreigners Arrested for Aiding Illegal Immigration at Polish Border <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1RKyPPnVcW\">https:\/\/t.co\/1RKyPPnVcW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1458419171562242048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this week,&nbsp;Finland\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/10\/eu-official-demands-more-sanctions-against-belarus-some-warn-escalation\/\">warned<\/a> that the crisis on the border between Poland and Belarus could escalate into conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Piotr M\u00fcller, the spokesman for the Polish government, went even further, saying:&nbsp;\u201cWe fear that these kinds of events could escalate at Poland\u2019s border in the near future, and then of an armed nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The response from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the crisis has been the suggestion that the European Union should simply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-floats-idea-eu-paying-belarus-stop-migrant-flows-2021-11-09\/\">pay the Belarusian regime<\/a>&nbsp;to stop the flow of thousands of illegals, referencing the EU\u2019s 2016 deal with Turkey to take back migrants.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7358490566038\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EU Official Demands More Sanctions Against Belarus as Some Warn of Escalation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iGSPg2q8y4\">https:\/\/t.co\/iGSPg2q8y4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1458397524864102406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to influence the Belarusian government to stop the migrant crisis unfolding along the Polish border. 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