French president confirms solidarity with Poland over border crisis

Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has said France stands in solidarity with Poland and Estonia following meetings on Wednesday with the Polish and Estonian prime ministers in Paris, the Elysee Palace said in a communique. Poland accuses Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian president, of orchestrating a migration crisis on its borders with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia to destabilise Europe in retaliation for sanctions imposed by Brussels on Minsk.