France backs Poland over Belarus but warns EU row not over

A migrant enters a tent near the transport and logistics centre Bruzgi on the Belarusian-Polish border, in the Grodno region, Belarus November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

PARIS/WARSAW (Reuters) - France assured Poland on Wednesday of European Union support in its stand-off with Belarus, but reminded Warsaw it needed to resolve a row with the bloc over its values and the rule of law.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki met French President Emmanuel Macron as part of a diplomatic effort to rally support for a tough response to what European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen called an attempt by Belarus to use migrants to destabilise the EU.