EU set to impose sectoral sanctions to create conditions for new coup attempts in Belarus – Golovchenko
<p> MINSK, May 28 - PrimePress. The European Union (EU) has made a political decision to introduce sectoral economic sanctions against Belarus in order to presumably bring down the country's economy and enable conditions for more attempts to stage a coup. Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko made a statement to this effect at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on May 27, the press-service of the Belarusian government said in a statement. </p> <p> </p> <p> Western countries consider the economic branches that make a tangible contribution to the GDP as pressure points. Those are oil refining, production of fertilizers, and other sectors. Such decisions also affect Russian interests. Literally today the head of the European diplomacy stated that the prohibition to export fertilizers and a ban on the transit of Russian gas via Belarus will be the first measures in the draft package of sanctions. It is obvious the measures are designed to prohibit purchases from the gas pipelines that are owned by the Russian Federation and cross Belarus. Those are the Yamal-Europe pipeline and the gas transportation system Gazprom Transgaz Belarus,” Golovchenko said. </p> <p> </p> <p> Mishustin, in turn, stressed that Russia is against unilateral sanctions and diktat in the international arena. “We call not to politicize the situation with the Ryanair emergency landing in Minsk and support the position of our Belarusian partners on the need for a transparent international investigation by the aviation authorities,” he said. </p> <p> </p> <p> Mishustin noted that the trade turnover between Russia and Belarus increased by 25% year on year in Q1 2021 and exceeded the pre-pandemic level. In the current quarter, the authorities also recorded growth in trade and economic turnover between the two countries. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus used a fighter aircraft on May 23 to force down a Ryanair flight on its way from Athens to Vilnius under the guise of a bomb threat, which subsequently proved to be false, and arrested dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, who was listed as a terrorist by the Belarusian authorities and declared wanted by the state. He is charged under three articles of the Criminal Code of Belarus. Under one of the articles, Protasevich is charged with masterminding mass riots. </p> <p> </p> <p> After that, leaders of the EU states initiated a reinforcement of economic sanctions against Belarus and now their decision needs technical approval at the ministerial level. End </p> <p> </p>
2021-05-29
Primepress
EU set to impose sectoral sanctions to create conditions for new coup attempts in Belarus – Golovchenko
MINSK, May 28 - PrimePress. The European Union (EU) has made a political decision to introduce sectoral economic sanctions against Belarus in order to presumably bring down the country's economy and enable conditions for more attempts to stage a coup. Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko made a statement to this effect at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on May 27, the press-service of the Belarusian government said in a statement.
Western countries consider the economic branches that make a tangible contribution to the GDP as pressure points. Those are oil refining, production of fertilizers, and other sectors. Such decisions also affect Russian interests. Literally today the head of the European diplomacy stated that the prohibition to export fertilizers and a ban on the transit of Russian gas via Belarus will be the first measures in the draft package of sanctions. It is obvious the measures are designed to prohibit purchases from the gas pipelines that are owned by the Russian Federation and cross Belarus. Those are the Yamal-Europe pipeline and the gas transportation system Gazprom Transgaz Belarus,” Golovchenko said.
Mishustin, in turn, stressed that Russia is against unilateral sanctions and diktat in the international arena. “We call not to politicize the situation with the Ryanair emergency landing in Minsk and support the position of our Belarusian partners on the need for a transparent international investigation by the aviation authorities,” he said.
Mishustin noted that the trade turnover between Russia and Belarus increased by 25% year on year in Q1 2021 and exceeded the pre-pandemic level. In the current quarter, the authorities also recorded growth in trade and economic turnover between the two countries.
Belarus used a fighter aircraft on May 23 to force down a Ryanair flight on its way from Athens to Vilnius under the guise of a bomb threat, which subsequently proved to be false, and arrested dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, who was listed as a terrorist by the Belarusian authorities and declared wanted by the state. He is charged under three articles of the Criminal Code of Belarus. Under one of the articles, Protasevich is charged with masterminding mass riots.
After that, leaders of the EU states initiated a reinforcement of economic sanctions against Belarus and now their decision needs technical approval at the ministerial level. End