Joe Biden to lobby for tougher sanctions against Lukashenko regime if elected as U.S. president
<p> MINSK, Oct 28 - PrimePress. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on October 27 that if he wins, he will advocate tougher sanctions against the Lukashenko regime and increased economic aid to democratic Belarus, Reuters reports, citing Biden’s statement posted on his official website. </p> <p> </p> <p> Biden condemned “the appalling human rights abuses committed by the Lukashenko regime” and called on the international community to increase pressure through sanctions. He promised that, if elected, he would work with European partners and allies to work out a plan of “economic support for a truly sovereign and democratic Belarus.” </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, in early October, the United States imposed sanctions against eight Belarusian officials, which implies freezing of their assets in the United States and a ban doing business with them by American citizens or companies. Earlier, the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union imposed sanctions against Belarusian officials. End </p> <p> </p>
2020-10-28
Primepress
Joe Biden to lobby for tougher sanctions against Lukashenko regime if elected as U.S. president
MINSK, Oct 28 - PrimePress. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on October 27 that if he wins, he will advocate tougher sanctions against the Lukashenko regime and increased economic aid to democratic Belarus, Reuters reports, citing Biden’s statement posted on his official website.
Biden condemned “the appalling human rights abuses committed by the Lukashenko regime” and called on the international community to increase pressure through sanctions. He promised that, if elected, he would work with European partners and allies to work out a plan of “economic support for a truly sovereign and democratic Belarus.”
As previously reported, in early October, the United States imposed sanctions against eight Belarusian officials, which implies freezing of their assets in the United States and a ban doing business with them by American citizens or companies. Earlier, the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union imposed sanctions against Belarusian officials. End