Lithuanian foreign minister to discuss migration in Iraq, says PM

The Lithuanian foreign minister will go to Iraq to discuss migration to the European Union through Belarus on July 18 Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said on Tuesday.

Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis will be in Turkey on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the same issue, amid accusations from Lithuania and the EU that Belarus is using illegal migrants to put pressure on the bloc because of sanctions on Minsk.