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Belarus-Poland crisis: UN urges all parties to respect human rights
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 13 (ANI): Amid growing concerns about the plight of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at the Poland-Belarus border, the UN rights office and UN refugee agency on Friday urged all parties to respect human rights and refrain from using them for political ends.
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New migrants arrive daily at makeshift refugee camp at Belarusian-Polish b
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): A makeshift refugee camp on the Belarusian-Polish border daily receives new groups of migrants, Anton Bychkovsky, a spokesman for the State Border Committee of Belarus, told Sputnik on Saturday.
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Iraq suspends direct flights with Belarus over migrant crisis
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], November 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday announced the suspension of direct flights to Belarus to protect Iraqi migrants from human trafficking gangs.
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France urges Russia to use ties with Minsk to resolve migrants border cris
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defense Minister Florence Parly urged their Russian counterparts, Sergey Lavrov and Sergei Shoigu, at a meeting in Paris to use their close ties with Minsk to resolve the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish
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Poland sees Russian Paratroopers' exercises in Belarus as threat
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Poland sees exercises in Belarus by Russian paratroopers as a threat, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz said on Friday.
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Turkey bans citizens of Iraq, Syria, Yemen from flying to Belarus
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Citizens of Iraq, Syria and Yemen would not be allowed to fly from Turkey to Belarus, announced the Turkish Civil Aviation Authority on Friday.
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Russian Paratroopers complete Airborne assault drills in Belarus
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): A subdivision of the Russian Airborne Forces has worked out a practical landing in Belarus, the tasks of the exercise have been completed in full, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
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Blinken says US ready to use various tools to address Belarus' use of migr
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is prepared to use "various tools" at its disposal in response to Belarus using migration as a political weapon, US State Secretary Antony Blinken said on Friday.
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Locally produced Sputnik V vaccine to be available in Belarus in summer of
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Batches of Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine manufactured in Belarus will be ready for distribution in the summer of 2022, with Belarus expected to churn out about 10 million doses per year, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said on
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Belarus' military tried to expel 35 illegal immigrants into Poland by forc
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarusian military tried to expel several dozen illegal migrants, mostly women and children, into the territory of Poland, Tomasz Krupa, a spokesman for Poland's Podlaskie Voivodeship police, said on Friday.
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EU countries, US, UK calling for strong international reaction to Belarusi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Four EU member states that have seats in the UN Security Council - Estonia, France, Ireland and Norway - the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as Albania, have called for a strong international reaction to the Belarusian activities regard
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Russia may close air routes to Asia if EU introduces sanctions against Aer
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Possible EU sanctions against Russian carrier Aeroflot over its alleged role in the migrant crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border would bring an immediate closure of Russian airspace to European airlines, which badly need the direct Siberian route
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