In Europe, Latvia is actively involved in the development of the policy of sanctions against the aggressor country – Russia.
Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze has called for the current sanctions restrictions against Russia to be extended to Belarus. He said this on Friday, June 21, after a meeting of Latvian foreign policy officials, LSM.lv reports.
Braje said the Latvian side plans to start a discussion about additional sanctions against Belarus.
“In particular, the positions of trade sanctions with Russia that are on the list – we want them to apply to Belarus as well. Because we see from the statistics that groups of goods actually go through Belarus to Russia, because there is a customs union there ” – explained the head of the Latvian Foreign Ministry.
He added that although the EU imposes sectoral sanctions against Belarus, prohibiting the import or export of certain goods, their list is not as wide as in the case of Russia.
The President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, in a speech at the peace summit in Switzerland, emphasized that the blame for the war taking place in Ukraine lies solely with Russia. However, he emphasized that Belarus is also to blame for Russia’s aggressive attacks.
We remind you that the ambassadors of the EU member states reached an agreement and adopted the 14th package of sanctions against Russia. The new package provides new measures and also strengthens the effect of previously imposed sanctions, closing possible loopholes for the Russian Federation.
The United States has said it is ready, if necessary, to impose new sanctions against third countries for supporting Russia to curb the pressure and end the aggression.
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Source: korrespondent
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