German Chancellor Merkel Appeals To Russian President Putin To Intervene In The Belarus Border Crisis

 

The Guardian: Merkel appeals to Putin to intervene in Belarus border crisis  

Call comes after Polish PM said Russia was behind flow of people from Middle East to EU borders 

The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has asked Vladimir Putin to intervene in the crisis on the Belarus-Poland border in an appeal to Minsk’s key foreign sponsor.

In a phone call, Merkel told Putin that the “use of migrants by the Belarusian regime was inhuman and unacceptable and asked [Putin] to influence the regime in Minsk”, said the chancellor’s spokesperson, Steffen Seibert. 

The conversation came hours after Poland’s prime minister accused Putin of “masterminding” the crisis on Belarus’s border with the EU.  

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Update #1: Putin discusses migrant situation on Belarusian border with EU in phone call with Merkel (TASS) 

Update #2: Merkel pressures Putin to act on Poland-Belarus standoff (DW)  

WNU Editor: Putin told Merkel that this crisis could only be solved if the EU enters into direct talks with the Belarus President. 

In short. Putin told Merkel that this is not his problem.