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“I do not intend to expand too much by expressing some opinions. I’ll just say that everyone understands that if the Europeans want to cause problems for themselves because of those sanctions, they will. I have nothing more to add, ”said the President of Belarus.
He also asked the Prime Minister of Belarus to provide information on the largest European companies operating in the country: “how they fared during the American economic recovery.” “Let’s see how they work there,” Lukashenko added.
After the meeting, the journalists asked the Prime Minister of Belarus which specific foreign companies are threatened with sanctions in the future.
“It just came to our notice then. I just want to emphasize once again that we don’t want to act as hotly as we treat each other,” Golovchenko said.
According to the prime minister of Belarus, Minsk believes that “common sense will finally prevail in Western political and business circles” and they will stop pushing for sanctions.
Speaking of countries with “serious business interests” in Belarus, the Prime Minister mentioned Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Ukraine.
After the presidential elections in August last year, mass protests began in Belarus against the illegal reelection of Lukashenko, writes rbc.ru. The Central Election Commission claims that Lukashenko has won the elections with certainty. Her main opponent, Sviatlana Cichanouskaya, left the country and was prosecuted by the Belarus Attorney General’s Office for founding an extremist movement.
The European Union has imposed sanctions on senior Belarusian officials, pro-presidential companies and businessmen at various stages. Mr. Lukashenko himself, his son Viktor, was on the list. Mr. Lukashenko himself claims that the presidential election was legal. Moscow recognized their results.
In October, Belarus imposed retaliatory sanctions on the European Union, banning influential European officials and businessmen from entering the country. In addition, the head of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Makey said that Minsk intends to limit the activities of some political foundations and review the work of some humanitarian, educational and cultural programs.
At the end of April, the Belarusian authorities banned the import of some products from European countries for six months. Restrictions have been placed on the Czech car manufacturer Škoda Auto, the German company Liqui Moly, which produces car lubricants and other products, as well as the brands of the German skincare manufacturer Beiersdorf AG (Nivea, Eucerin, Tesa, Hanspalast, etc.).
The companies announced in January that they were refusing to support the World Hockey Championship, which is scheduled to take place from May 21 to June 6 in Moscow and Riga. It was not until mid-January that the International Hockey Federation deprived Belarus of the right to host the championship on the grounds that it was impossible to guarantee the well-being of teams, spectators and officials in Minsk.
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