Interior Minister Marija Golubeva (Development/For!), who has responsibility for the Border Guard, tweeted in English and was retweeted by Health Minister and party colleague Daniels Pavļuts, with the pair insisting humanitarian and medical aid was being provided.
Latvian emergency medical services and primary care providers are regularly called by border guards to provide assistance, Daugavpils regional hospital is on high alert to provide necessary care. https://t.co/ISBPyqsuE6
— Daniels Pavluts (@pavluts) August 18, 2021
The responses came in English and in response to a report from the German Deutsche Welle media outlet which described a family stuck on the border between Latvia and Belarus.
However, a third member of the liberal-aligned Development/For! political grouping, Defense Minister Artis Pabriks, accused Deutsche Welle of bias in its reporting.
Your report is biased, because you fail to say that Belarussian authorities are forcing these people to cross border against their will. Its a hybrid war strategy executed by Lukashenko regime against EU with the goal to activate public opinion in EU against EU. Be smart.
— Artis Pabriks (@Pabriks) August 18, 2021