Western sanctions bordering on a
'declaration of economic war', says Belarus
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[June 22, 2021]
MOSCOW
(Reuters) - Belarus views Western sanctions, imposed in response to
Minsk's forced landing of a Ryanair plane last month to arrest a
journalist on board, as a declaration of economic war, the Foreign
Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. |
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko attends the Roundtable Summit
Phase One Sessions of Belt and Road Forum at the International
Conference Center in Yanqi Lake on May 15, 2017 in Beijing, China.
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Western powers hit Belarus with a wave of new sanctions on
Monday in a coordinated response against officials, lawmakers
and ministers from the administration of President Alexander
Lukashenko, whose air force intercepted the Ryanair plane flying
between Athens and Vilnius on May 23 in what the West called
state piracy.
Minsk said the sanctions would negatively impact the interests
of its citizens and warned that it would be forced to take
reciprocal measures that could in turn adversely affect citizens
and businesses of Western countries.
"[The EU] continues purposeful destructive actions against the
population in order, allegedly, to "dry up the regime
financially." In fact, this borders on a declaration of economic
war," the ministry said.
(Reporting by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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