EU envoys approve sectoral sanctions which may hit Belarus’ banking, potash and oil industries
On June 23, EU ambassadors approved the sectoral sanctions which are expected to be imposed on the Lukashenka regime, Rikard Jozwiak, a Brussels-based reporter of RFE/RL, said on Twitter.
“EU ambassadors have just given green light to sectoral sanctions against Belarus. A so-called “written procedure” starts soon and should be finished tomorrow meaning that the sanctions could be published in the EU official journal tomorrow late afternoon,” Brussels-based RFE/RL journalist Rikard Jozwiak said on Twitter.
The sanctions are going to be adopted in the context of the European Council members’ meeting on June 24-25.
As reported earlier, Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya was visiting Belgium and Luxembourg at the invitation of HR/VP Josep Borrell. She discussed the fifth sanctions package against the regime with the head of the EU diplomacy on June 21, when EU foreign ministers endorsed sectoral sanctions on Belarus, hitting parts of its potash, oil and banking sectors.
On the same day, the bloc approved the fourth package of personal sanctions against the Belarusian regime. The bloc has frozen assets and imposed visa bans on 78 Belarusian officials (including members of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s family) and 8 companies.
