The Belarusian Foreign Ministry has revealed that a number of Iraqi refugees were killed by Polish soldiers on the border between the two countries.
The Belarusian committee of inquiry said in a statement that it had provided evidence and information to an Iraqi delegation in Minsk, about the killing of a number of refugees by Polish troops, that include Iraqi refugees. They were buried on the Belarusian-Polish border, the statement noted.
The Belarusian committee also briefed the Iraqi delegation on the “crimes” committed by Polish soldiers against 135 Iraqi refugees who were injured by violence.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmad Sahaf, said in a statement that the Iraqi parliament's foreign relations committee has asked the government to request an international investigation.
Last year over 5000 thousand Iraqi refugees were trapped at the Polish-Belarusian border, trying to cross to the European Union. The Kurdistan region government brought back some of the refugees, while a number of them stayed at refugee camps provided by the Belarusian government.