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> Refuse to allow the transit of any Belarus top officials anywhere in the EU. Hasn't this already been the case since November? https://www.consilium.europa.
by morelisp 5y ago
> Refuse to allow the transit of any Belarus top officials anywhere in the EU.
Hasn't this already been the case since November?
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/12/17/belarus-eu-imposes-third-round-of-sanctions-over-ongoing-repression/ https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020...
Restrictive measures include a travel ban and an asset freeze. The travel ban impedes those listed from entering or transiting through EU territories, while the asset freeze is used against the funds or economic resources of the listed persons. In addition, EU citizens and companies are forbidden from making funds available to the listed individuals and entities... Today's decision follows up on the agreement reached by the EU foreign affairs ministers at their video conference meeting on 19 November 2020. The sanctions will now apply with immediate effect... A second set of sanctions targeting Alexandr Lukashenko and 14 other officials was imposed on 6 November 2020.
I mean we can quibble about what constitutes "top officials" and the expansion is not daily - but it does exist and it is expanding.