Disinfo: Minsk and Moscow are fully open to a civilised dialogue with Warsaw

Summary

The crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border revealed the complete bankruptcy of the Polish eastern policy. For many months, Warsaw has been receiving public signals from the leading Belarusian and Russian politicians about their readiness for dialogue. Paradoxically, the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border is an attempt of Minsk to force Poland into this dialogue. For example, recently, President Lukashenka sent his congratulations to Poland on the occasion of Independence Day. Moscow has repeated many times that it wants to have a civilised conversation with Warsaw. There are serious contradictions in the reaction of Poland to this situation. On the one hand, Poland makes absurd accusations against Russia for its contribution to the migration crisis. On the other hand, some Polish officials signal their readiness to talk about the Polish-Belarusian crisis with Moscow.

Disproof

Recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin outlets about the migration crisis on the EU-Belarus borders.

The claim that Poland does not want to solve the migration crisis on the border with Belarus through diplomatic tools is ungrounded. The pro-Kremlin media regularly accuse Poland of its deliberate worsening of relations with Russia and unwillingness to improve relations with Moscow. Current issues in Polish-Russian relations are directly linked to Russia’s actions (violations of international law, historical revisionism, ungrounded expulsion of a Polish diplomat, to name a few).

At the same time, the current developments on the EU-Belarus border were caused by Belarus as a response to EU sanctions imposed on Minsk for its oppressive measures against the political opposition. There is plenty of evidence that the Belarusian authorities have instigated the ongoing irregular migration flows to the EU borders via Belarus.

The president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said that situation on the EU-Belarusian border is not a bilateral issue of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus but a hybrid attack against the whole EU. The vice-president of the European Commission and high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy (HRVP) Josep Borrell stressed that responsibility for the migration crisis falls on the Lukashenka regime.

See our earlier articles on the Belarus migration situation here and here.

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  • Reported in: Issue 267
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 13/11/2021
  • Article language(s) Polish
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Poland, Belarus, Russia
  • Keywords: Diplomacy with Russia, Alexander Lukashenko, Migration crisis, Anti-Russian
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Disinfo: Poland does not respond to diplomatic initiatives of Belarus to solve the migration crisis

Warsaw does not respond to the readiness of the official Minsk to talk about the conflict on the Polish-Belarusian border... The tension is growing day by day, so it is high time to look for solutions. Meanwhile, Poland carries out talks not with the real authorities but with the leader of the Belarusian opposition, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Poland has not made any effective move to resolve this conflict on the international arena and on the diplomatic level. Poland should start real contacts on the diplomatic level and ask for the mediation of external parties such as Germany, France and the EU Commissionaires.

Nov 12, 2021
Disproof

Recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin outlets about the migration situation on the EU-Belarus borders.

So far, the Belarusian authorities did not show any willingness to solve the current migration crisis by diplomatic tools. According to the words of Lukashenka, the “migrants are moving to the EU because Europe called them”, so Belarus is not planning to stop this process. Poland makes regular diplomatic appeals to the EU and international community to exert all necessary pressure on Belarus and Russia to stop the ongoing provocations on the border.

Disinfo: Poland wants to drag the EU into a conflict with Belarus

It seems that Poland wants to unleash a conflict [with Belarus] and drag the EU into it. The Belarusian neighbours, including Poland, are ready to unleash a conflict in order to solve their internal political problems and domestic problems of the EU. Belarus will not accept the language of blackmail and threats. The Armed Forces of Belarus are ready to respond to any attacks.

Nov 12, 2021
Disproof

Recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin outlets about the migration situation on the EU-Belarus borders.

The Polish authorities deployed the military forces on the border with Belarus because of direct security threats posed by the Belarusian services, including the attempts to destroy the Polish border fence by the Belarusian servicemen; flare gunshots in the direction of Polish border guards; the entrance of three armed Belarusians on the territory of Poland; use of light and sound equipment against the Polish servicemen, etc.

Disinfo: Poland spreads false information about the migration crisis in order to cover its crimes

Poland deliberately disseminates false information about illegal migrants in order to discredit the Belarusian soldiers. Through the spread of disinformation, the Polish actions seriously violating the norms of international law continue to be unpunished.

Nov 12, 2021
Disproof

Recurring disinformation narrative from pro-Kremlin outlets about the migration situation on the EU-Belarus borders.

The situation was caused by Belarus as a response to EU sanctions imposed on Minsk for its oppressive measures against the political opposition. There is plenty of evidence that the Belarusian authorities have instigated the ongoing irregular migration flows to the EU borders via Belarus.