EU preparing trilateral contacts on migration crisis

The EU at the level of the European External Action Service (EEAS) continues contacts with the Belarusian side to resolve the migration crisis at the borders and is preparing trilateral contacts with the participation of UN agencies and Belarus, EEAS official representative Peter Stano said at a briefing in Brussels, Report informs referring to RIA Novosti.

Josep Borrell held two telephone conversations with the head of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Makei. Representatives of the EEAS held talks with representatives of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry at different levels, Stano noted.

Stano added that the EU is also considering the possibility of holding technical negotiations with the Belarusian side and UN agencies at the expert level in order to discuss the possibilities of facilitating the repatriation of people.

The EU considers what is happening on the European-Belarusian border as a hybrid attack. In mid-November, the foreign ministers of the European Union agreed on changes to the current sanctions regime in Belarus, expanding the criteria for including persons involved in the sanctions lists.