...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
was refusing to discuss the fate of 2,000
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...and stranded in Belarus.
The West accuses Belarus of bringing in would-be
Belarus denies the claim, instead criticising the EU for not taking in the
"I am waiting for the EU to respond on the issue of 2,000 refugees," Lukashenko told officials on Monday, adding that he expected Europe to let the
"They said, (German Chancellor Angela) Merkel promised me that they will consider this problem at the level of the European Union. But they are not doing it," he said, quoted by state news agency Belta.
Lukashenko said European officials refused any contact on the subject despite calls from the Belarusian foreign minister.
"We should demand that the Germans take them in," Lukashenko said.
Earlier this month Belarus cleared a makeshift border encampment, sending 2,000
Last week Lukashenko and Merkel spoke by phone twice, discussing the migrant crisis and agreeing to maintain contacts.
The
The West accuses Belarus of engineering the crisis is Dire Revenge for sanctions slapped on Lukashenko's regime after its brutal suppression of protests against his rule.
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