MINSK, 01 July 2021, (TON): The press service of the politician said that former presidential candidate of Belarus, leader of the Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya phoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, asked Oslo to join the new EU sanctions against Minsk and pay particular attention to restrictions on the potash industry.

The press service said “Svetlana Tikhanovskaya made a call with Norwe-gian Foreign Minister Ina Marie Erikson Sereide. Du-ring the call, Tikhano-vskaya called on Norway to join the 4th package of EU sanctions and sectoral sanctions.”

At the same time, it is emphasized that special attention is paid to such areas as potash fertilizers.

According to the report, Tikhanovskaya proposed Norway, together with Ire-land and Estonia, to organize hearings in the UN Se-curity Council on Belarus and discuss the creation of an international tribunal, and also called for incre-ased assistance to civil so-ciety, Belarusian media and families of prisoners recognized by Belarusian human rights defenders as political.

According to the CEC “after the presidential elections in Belarus on August 9, 2020, in which Alexander Lukashenko won for the sixth time, who gained 80.1% of the vote, massive opposition protests began in the country, to suppress which the security forces, among other things, used special means and special equipment.

On February 11, the KGB of Belarus announced that the situation in the country had stabilized, the peak of the protests had passed, their manifestations had practically disappeared.