Belarus’ Foreign Ministry comments on Poland's offer of humanitarian aid
Belarus' Foreign Ministry answered RIA Novosti's question on whether the Republic will accept humanitarian aid for migrants announced by the Polish Deputy Foreign Minister, Marcin Przydacz – as reported by the Belarusian Foreign Ministry
The Foreign Ministry’s press secretary, Anatoly Glaz, has explained, “Statements of the kind are nothing more than politicking and populist rhetoric that has nothing to do with objective reality and the true state of things. Moreover, these new hasty unilateral decisions of Poland to send something somewhere without any sense, request or at least consent of the partner demonstrate a certain disregard for the Belarusian statehood and sovereignty. Therefore, it is especially sad to hear this from a high-ranking representative of our neighbouring country’s Foreign Ministry. Meanwhile, we believe the hypothetical assistance – which I’d like to emphasise has not been asked for from our side and in which there is no objective need – can be used by the Polish side, if desired, really for its intended purpose. They may offer it, for example, to neighbouring Lithuania: inhuman conditions of refugees’ detention there are already known to the whole world. They may either directly transfer it to the Afghan refugees who have been on the Polish border for a month and who are constantly being assisted by Belarusian citizens and public organisations. Of they may at least send it to notorious Belarusian extremists sheltered by the Polish side.”
The Foreign Ministry added that statements about a certain willingness to help ‘people in a difficult situation’ – made by a representative of the country in which refugees are beaten to death and illegally squeezed out; the country which even fails to have mercy upon disabled children; the country which imposes the state of emergency in order to hide this; the country which not only ignores decisions of most international organisations and provisions of the relevant documents but also defiantly directly refuses to comply with the judicial requirements of the European Court of Human Rights on assistance to refugees trapped at the border – look absurd and ridiculous.
"It is good that society perfectly understands and sees what is happening," the ministry said in the statement.
