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The fifth package of EU sanctions should be considered as soon as possible.

An agreement was reached in Brussels on the case of sanctions against officials from Belarus

The United States may introduce new sanctions against Belarusian officials next week, US Under Secretary for Political Affairs of the Department of State Victoria Nuland stated on Thursday, when virtually participating at the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum.

On April 19, the US Department of the Treasury announced the revocation of the Belarus-related General License (GL) and implementation of a 45-day wind down of transactions.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka signed Decree Nr128 ‘On the Application of Special Measures’, the press service reported on Tuesday.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya said that the restrictive measures introduced by the European Union were not enough to put pressure on Alyaksandr Lukashenka and his cronies.

On December 23, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated one individual and four entities for their roles in the fraudulent August 9, 2020, presidential election in Belarus and the subsequent violent crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy protests.

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