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Belarus threatens to cut gas transit to EU as migrant crisis escalates

President Alexander Lukashenko vows to halt flows if Brussels imposes more sanctions over Minsk role in border chaos

Alexander Lukashenko has threatened to cut the transit of gas and goods through Belarus to Europe if the EU imposes further sanctions on his regime over the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border.

The Belarus president was responding to an announcement by Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, on Wednesday that the bloc would widen its sanctions on Lukashenko’s regime, accusing Minsk of a “cynical geopolitical powerplay” in funnelling migrants to the EU’s borders in an attempt to destabilise it.

On Thursday Lukashenko warned Minsk would respond to any “unacceptable” sanctions.

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