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The move paves the way for the issuance of travel bans and asset freezes for some 40 members of Alexander Lukashenko’s regime, responsible for the manipulation of the presidential elections and the crackdown on protesters.
The EU countries had already decided in principle to impose sanctions on the Minsk regime, but were blocked by Cyprus, which called for similar measures against Turkey, with which the country disagrees on the exploration of natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean.
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, has confirmed that Mr Lukashenko himself is not on the list of persons to be sanctioned.
“No, Lukashenko is not on the current list, but of course we will follow the situation and events,” he said after a meeting with EU leaders. Michelis.
For almost two months there have been unprecedented protests in Belarus over the presidential elections on August 9, which were declared won by Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994. The opposition and Western countries consider these elections to be rigged.
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