The European Union applies two regimes of sanctions against Belarus: the first applies exclusively to this country and is associated with the results of the latest presidential elections in 2020 and repressions against the population, the second – Minsk cooperation with Moscow as part of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.
This was stated by the press secretary of the head of the EU diplomacy of Zhosep Boral, Peter Stano at a briefing in Brussels, answering the question of the details of the European Commission, who was announced by the chairman of the European Commission, Ursula von der Lyaine plans, to continue the sanctions pressure on the allies of Russia, in particular, to introduce a new package of sanctions against Belarusian .
as for the essence and significance of new sanctions, it is the subject of negotiations, the confidential discussions of the member states. That is, the discussion of the details of sanctions is never public, ”he said.
According to Stano, the EU will continue to apply sanctions for so long as Russia will use the practice of escalation.
He repeated once again that the details of the preparation of restrictive measures will remain confidential.