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Sanctions against Belarus: Cyprus blocked sanctions against the Lukashenko regime: reasons / REUTERS

The representative of Nicosia (Cyprus) vetoed the draft sanctions against Belarusians involved in the violent dispersal and murder of protesters.

It is reported by DW.

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The EU has already called on Cyprus’ passage to protect the “Lukashenka regime from the consequences of its undemocratic actions.”

Cyprus itself explains its decision through an attempt to secure the introduction of EU sanctions against Turkey, which is conducting gas exploration in the disputed waters of the eastern Mediterranean.

DW writes that the position of the Cypriot delegate in Ankara was also supported by France.

The leaders of the member states of the European Union agreed on August 19 to apply sanctions against Belarus in response to the falsification of the results of the presidential elections and the use of violence against protesters.

“There was unanimous support for the EU’s work on sanctions against those responsible for what is happening. These will be sanctions directed against specific people, without prejudice to the people of Belarus. The European Commission is ready to support this, and the list of people included in the sanctions should be adopted as soon as possible. ” emphasized von der Leyen.

Sanctions against Belarus: what is known

• Sanctions against Belarus in a limited version will be applied only against some officials of the Belarusian CEC and the security forces. In a broader version, we are talking about the imposition of sanctions on government officials, in particular the Minister of the Interior.
• The sanctions will include a travel ban and an assets freeze in the EU.
• As the EU weighs these options, Poland asked to support the protesters, including through mediation between Lukashenka and the people. Warsaw fears that Russia will not be able to take advantage of the depletion of Belarus, as it did during the Euromaidan in Kiev in 2013-2014, and did not repeat the scenario of annexing the territory or introducing its troops to destabilize the state. This indicates that a narrow range of sanctions is even more likely, Reuters interlocutors are convinced.
• Today, the EU’s restrictive measures against Belarus include an embargo on the supply of arms, as well as a ban on the export of equipment that can be used for internal repression.

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Yana Stavskaya