EU in process of imposing sanctions on Belarusian leader Lukashenko for crackdown on protesters

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LUXEMBOURG, 13 October 2020, (TON): European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to impose sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko after crackdown on political opponents for months. The EU says it has initiated the process for the imposition of sanctions. The sanctions may include Lukashenko’s travel ban and his asset freeze.

Lukashenko returned to the office for a sixth term after August 2020 elections. However, the opposition carried out violent protests that Lukashenko office for a sixth term was illegitimate.

EU foreign policy head Josep Borrell told the media that foreign ministers. “we saw again a strong, tough, disproportionate response to the demonstrators. There has not been any signal from the Belarus authorities to engage in any kind of conversation…”.  Lukashenko ruled Belarus since 1994 and is under British and US sanctions.

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