(ANSA-AFP) - MOSCOW, AUG 11 - Belarus strongman Alexander
Lukashenko said Friday he had ordered "contact" with Poland and
that he was ready to talk amid rising border tensions between
the NATO member and Moscow ally. Last week, Poland said two
Belarusian helicopters violated its airspace and detained a
Belarusian man on suspicion of being part of a "Russian spy
ring." Relations between Minsk and Warsaw, frozen for years,
have hit new lows since Lukashenko allowed Moscow to use
Belarusian territory to attack Ukraine. Tensions further
escalated when Minsk became a new base for fighters from
Russia's Wagner mercenary group, with Poland saying this was a
security threat and strengthening border defence. "We need to
talk to the Poles. I ordered the prime minister to contact
them," Lukashenko said, according to state news agency Belta.
"We are neighbours and you don't chose our neighbours."
(ANSA-AFP).
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