EU-Belarus

On September 16, the European Parliament adopted the recommendations to the Council of the EU, the European Commission, and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the direction of EU-Russia political relations.

On September 8, the Delegation of the European Union to Belarus delivered a demarche to the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Belarus on illegal border crossings from Belarus into the European Union.

On Thursday, Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, commented on the recent developmen in Belarus, calling it ‘the regime’s deepening the rift with the Belarusian people’.

The European External Action Service (EEAS) made a comment on the Lukashenka regime’s decision to suspend its participation in the Eastern Partnership framework. It was announced by the Belarusian Foreign Ministry on June, 28.

The EU Comprehensive Plan of Economic Support to democratic Belarus developed with the participation of Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya and her representatives has been adopted by the European Commission, the press service reports.

The EU is convinced that the exclusion of candidates limits the ability of the Belarusian people to express their will.

The European Union is paying very close attention to the situation in Belarus in the run-up to the presidential elections, Josep Borrell, EU High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, stated during Thursday’s plenary session in the European Parliament.

The detention and prosecution of Belarusian blogger Syarhei Tsikhanouski are groundless, Peter Stano, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said during Tuesday’s press briefing in Brussels.

The money will be allocated under the Poland-Belarus-Ukraine Cross-border Cooperation Programme