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“I am glad that we have reached an agreement on the sanctions against Belarus, they are strong and selective,” the minister wrote on Twitter.
EU foreign ministers intend to discuss far-reaching measures to hit the “wallet” of President Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritarian regime after a hard landing in Minsk on Monday, EU diplomats said earlier.
The sanctions are expected to target key sectors of the Belarusian economy, including exports of potash fertilizers, the tobacco sector, oil and petrochemicals, diplomats said.
Restrictions on the export of weapons and equipment that could be used to suppress protesters should also be stricter, diplomats said.
Austria, which has close banking ties to Belarus, had previously opposed the proposal to impose sanctions on the financial sector, but reportedly withdrew them on Friday.
If ministers give the green light to the sanctions, it will take several days before they are officially implemented, diplomats said.
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