G7 leaders urge Belarusian authorities to conduct new presidential election
<p> MINSK, Jun 14 - PrimePress. G7 leaders have urged Belarusian authorities to hold "new free and fair elections," according to the final communique approved on Sunday after the three-day summit of leaders of the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, the US, France and Japan in the seaside resort of Carbis Bay in Cornwall, UK. </p> <p> </p> <p> “We call on the regime to: change course and implement all the recommendations of the independent expert mission under the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) Moscow Mechanism; enter into meaningful dialogue with all sectors of society; and hold new free and fair elections," the 25-page document said. </p> <p> </p> <p> The G7 countries will cooperate on holding accountable those involved in the incident with the emergency landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk with blogger Roman Protasevich aboard, one of the co-founders of the Nexta Telegram channel, which Minsk recognized as an extremist entity, according to the final communique approved on Sunday after the three-day summit of leaders of the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, the US, France and Japan in the seaside resort of Carbis Bay in Cornwall, UK. </p> <p> </p> <p> “We are deeply concerned by the Belarusian authorities’ continuing attacks on human rights, fundamental freedoms and international law, as exemplified by the forced landing of flight FR4978 and the arrest of an independent journalist and his partner. We will work together to hold those responsible to account, including through imposing sanctions, and to continue to support civil society, independent media and human rights in Belarus,” the 25-page document said. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, after the August 2020 presidential elections in Belarus, a political crisis began in the country. The authorities responded to the protests of citizens who disagreed with the election results with harsh repression and persecution. Since October 2020, the EU has already introduced three packages of sanctions against the Belarusian authorities, and after the Ryanair incident in Minsk a fourth package is in the pipeline. European Union High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell says a fourth package of sanctions may be approved at the June 21 meeting of the Council of the Foreign Affairs Ministries of EU member states. </p> <p> </p> <p> The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office for Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on 3 June 2021 re-imposed full blocking sanctions against nine Belarusian state-owned enterprises previously granted relief under a series of General Licenses by the Treasury Department (Belneftekhim Concern and its U.S. representative office, as well as Belneftekhim-controlled Belshina, Grodno Azot, Grodno Khimvolokno, Lakokraska, Naftan, Polotsk-Steklovolokno, and Belarusian Oil Trading House). End </p>
2021-06-15
Primepress
G7 leaders urge Belarusian authorities to conduct new presidential election
MINSK, Jun 14 - PrimePress. G7 leaders have urged Belarusian authorities to hold "new free and fair elections," according to the final communique approved on Sunday after the three-day summit of leaders of the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, the US, France and Japan in the seaside resort of Carbis Bay in Cornwall, UK.
“We call on the regime to: change course and implement all the recommendations of the independent expert mission under the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) Moscow Mechanism; enter into meaningful dialogue with all sectors of society; and hold new free and fair elections," the 25-page document said.
The G7 countries will cooperate on holding accountable those involved in the incident with the emergency landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk with blogger Roman Protasevich aboard, one of the co-founders of the Nexta Telegram channel, which Minsk recognized as an extremist entity, according to the final communique approved on Sunday after the three-day summit of leaders of the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, the US, France and Japan in the seaside resort of Carbis Bay in Cornwall, UK.
“We are deeply concerned by the Belarusian authorities’ continuing attacks on human rights, fundamental freedoms and international law, as exemplified by the forced landing of flight FR4978 and the arrest of an independent journalist and his partner. We will work together to hold those responsible to account, including through imposing sanctions, and to continue to support civil society, independent media and human rights in Belarus,” the 25-page document said.
As previously reported, after the August 2020 presidential elections in Belarus, a political crisis began in the country. The authorities responded to the protests of citizens who disagreed with the election results with harsh repression and persecution. Since October 2020, the EU has already introduced three packages of sanctions against the Belarusian authorities, and after the Ryanair incident in Minsk a fourth package is in the pipeline. European Union High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell says a fourth package of sanctions may be approved at the June 21 meeting of the Council of the Foreign Affairs Ministries of EU member states.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office for Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on 3 June 2021 re-imposed full blocking sanctions against nine Belarusian state-owned enterprises previously granted relief under a series of General Licenses by the Treasury Department (Belneftekhim Concern and its U.S. representative office, as well as Belneftekhim-controlled Belshina, Grodno Azot, Grodno Khimvolokno, Lakokraska, Naftan, Polotsk-Steklovolokno, and Belarusian Oil Trading House). End