Paweł Jabłoński told British broadcaster Sky News on Thursday that unrest in Poland’s eastern neighbour constituted the biggest crisis near the European Union’s borders in recent years.
He added that the situation in Belarus was an important moment not only in the history of that country but also in the history of Europe.
Thousands have been detained by Belarus authorities amid a crackdown on protesters who accuse strongman President Alexander Lukashenko of rigging his re-election victory, news agencies have reported.
The EU has declared that the contested Belarus presidential vote on Sunday, August 9, was "neither free nor fair."
The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called on the Belarusian authorities "to release immediately and unconditionally all detained.”
Official results handed Lukashenko, in power for more than a quarter of a century, an 80 percent share of the vote in Sunday's election, while Svetlana Tikhanouskaya, Lukashenko's main electoral opponent, took around 10 percent, the Reuters news agency reported.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called for a special summit of EU leaders to focus on Belarus.
Polish President Andrzej Duda has urged the UN Human Rights Council to demand that the Belarusian authorities stop using violence against peaceful demonstrators and release political prisoners.
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Source: PAP