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Vytautė Šmaižytė, spokesman for Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, confirmed to the BNS that the accounts of the “Belarus” sanatorium were frozen due to the EU sanctions against the Main Economic Council of the President of Belarus. She is the owner of the sanatorium.
The minister’s spokesperson emphasized that Lithuanian economic entities directly apply the EU regulation on sanctions.
According to the representative of the Minister, the support of the sanatorium staff to the Lithuanians would be provided avoiding any assistance to the regime of the President of Belarus, Aliaksandr Lukashenko.
“We fully understand the plight of several hundred Lithuanian citizens working in this Belarusian company in Druskininkai; all options are being considered to help them directly, avoiding any assistance to the regime,” V. Šmaižytė told BNS.
He also highlighted that with the continuation of violence in Belarus, the risk for companies working directly with the regime is increasing.
“It is very important not to forget why sanctions have been imposed on Belarusian companies and individuals; without an end to the violence against peaceful protesters in Belarus, there is likely to be even more of those sanctions. Only then can we show that what is happening on the streets of Minsk is unacceptable. Without protests and their illegal repression, the risk for companies that work directly with the regime is increasing, “said the minister’s representative.
The EU has imposed sanctions on the Belarusian regime for violence against peaceful protesters and electoral fraud. The Central Economic Council of the Presidential Administration of Belarus GHU was added to the sanctions list on December 17.
The head of the sanatorium, Ilya Epifanov, told BNS on Monday that Swedbank had frozen its accounts on December 18, and that the reason given by the bank was the sanctions imposed by the European Union on Belarus.
According to Sodra, the Belorus Sanitarium employs 393 people.
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