Russia condemns attempts by Western countries to settle scores with Belarus by accusing them of fueling the migration crisis, said Stepan Kuzmenkov, Russian representative to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly.
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“Despite the importance of the subject under consideration, some Western states have decided to use its discussion for their own opportunistic purposes”, – tracks RIA Novosti words from Kuzmenkov at a committee meeting.
He noted that the Russian side condemns the inadmissible statements by the representatives of the United States, Canada and the EU.
“We see in these attempts the will of the EU to settle political scores with the author of the resolution, accusing him without foundation of inciting the migration crisis”, added the representative.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed the inadmissibility of the double standards policy on the part of the European Union with regard to the situation of migrants on the Belarusian-Polish border.
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