Josep Borrell

EU comments on referendum in Belarus
EU is concerned with the process
28.02.2022
HR Borrell: ‘Entry in EU is only possible through legitimate border crossings’
The people trapped in the Lukashenka regime’s deplorable scheme need to be provided the necessary assistance; they should not be dying frozen at the border, Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,stated on the back of Foreign Affairs Council and Eastern Partnership Ministerial on November 15.
16.11.2021
EU broadens scope for sanctions' against Lukashenka regime to tackle hybrid attacks, instrumentalisation of migrants
On November 15, the Council of the EU amended its sanctions regime against the Belarusian authorities in view of the situation at the EU’s border with Belarus, so as to be able to respond to the instrumentalisation of human beings carried out by the Belarus regime for political purposes, the press service reports.
15.11.2021
NATO and European ministers accuse Belarusian authorities of using migrants as weapons
“The Lukashenka’s regime cynically used migrants and refugees this summer to artificially pressure our eastern borders.”
04.09.2021
EU High Representative: Reversal of sanctions will only be possible once Belarus authorities cease all repression
On Sunday, Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, issued a statement regarding the anniversary of the outbreak of post-election protests in Belarus on behalf of the European Union.
09.08.2021
Response to ‘silencing remaining dissident voices’: EU ready to consider new sanctions against Lukashenka regime
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’.
15.07.2021
HR/VP Josep Borrell announces sanctions against Lukashenka regime
The EU’s new sanctions against the Belarusian regime will affect 86 individuals and legal entities, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell states.
21.06.2021
Tsikhanouskaya invited to meeting of EU foreign ministers
Tsikhanouskaya to visit Brussels and Luxembourg.
19.06.2021
‘One can’t make omelette without breaking eggs’: EU HR Borrell stresses need of targeted sanctions
The situation in Belarus was discussed at the European Parliament plenary debate on June 8. During the event, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell explained why the targeted sanctions should be imposed on the Belarusian regime in the near future.
09.06.2021
Pompeo calls Lukashenka about 'one of the citizens'
EU and US call for negotiations with the CC
25.10.2020
EU HR Josep Borrell: ‘I am ready to go to Minsk if this could contribute to progress’
On September 22, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has made a post about the action that Brussels is going to take on the back of the post-election events in Belarus.
22.09.2020
EU refuses to consider Lukashenka legitimate president; Ukrainian MPs share view
The European Union considers the elections on August, 9 fraudulent; Lukashenka is not recognised as the legitimate President of Belarus, Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said at the EP plenary on Tuesday.
15.09.2020
Borrell: EU to take 2020 election into account in defining relations with Belarus
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.
09.07.2020