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The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that it had compiled a list of people who were banned from entering Belarus in retaliation for sanctions imposed by the European Union following the disputed re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko.
“In relation to the visa sanctions adopted by the EU against various Belarusian officials, the Belarusian side as of today presents a list of reciprocal sanctions,” the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said the list would not be made public.
EU leaders broke a diplomatic deadlock early Friday and imposed sanctions on Belarus after hours of talks at the summit.
Meanwhile, on Friday the Kremlin criticized the new EU sanctions on its ally Belarus, describing the move as a sign of political weakness.
“In general, we are very, very negative about the sanctions policy … this is more a manifestation of weakness than strength,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
