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The British newspaper “The Independent” said that the UK would act only to impose sanctions against Belarusian officials and overcome the European stalemate caused by Cyprus’ refusal to sign new restrictions against Belarus.
In a statement issued by Parliament, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he would now work with Canada and the United States to urgently prepare a sanctions regime against the unrecognized ruler of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and his supporters.
Raab said the UK would use every tool at its disposal to hold Lukashenko and his system accountable.
The British move comes a day after the corrupt Belarusian ruler installed himself in a controversial ceremony in the capital, Minsk, and Lukashenko, who ruled Belarus with an iron fist for 26 years, claimed a landslide victory of 80% in the presidential elections on August 9.
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets to protest against the formalization of what they considered electoral fraud, and were greeted with arrests and water cannons, and serious injuries were reported in clashes between security forces and protesters.
The United Kingdom, the European Union and the United States have confirmed that they have no plans to recognize Lukashenko’s presidential presidency, and the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that the inauguration ceremony does not reflect the will of the Belarusian people, and that the so-called inauguration and the new mandate that Lukashenko is demanding lack legitimacy. democracy.
Lukashenko responded to Western criticism, saying that the matter is not a secret, referring to the opening ceremony, and two thousand people have been invited to attend the ceremony, and it is not necessary to invite anyone else, and the Western powers they have informed their intelligence services at the ceremony anyway.
And apparently, Lukashenko did not inform Moscow of the ceremony, and in his daily conference with journalists, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov clearly indicated that Vladimir Putin had decided not to congratulate his Belarusian colleague on the inauguration, and later said no. , no, we already congratulated him once.
Overnight, new details emerged about Lukashenko’s inauguration, which seemed to reflect the remarkable levels of insecurity felt by the Belarusian regime. In interviews with Russian media, some of the guests said they were unaware of the opening ceremony.
Alexandra and Valentina Grozdieva, sisters of the Belarusian pop singer, who are prominent supporters of Lukashenko, said that VIPs were given instructions to dress, do their hair, make up and meet in the morning at the WWII Museum in Minsk. for an unspecified event.
The two sisters added that after arriving, government officials received them, took their phones and handed them to the palace guards, and told them that a small surprise awaited them, and suddenly we saw the president entering the room and his deputy announcing his inauguration, and we shed many tears of joy.
