EU sanctions on Belarus go ‘beyond symbolic’
By DW
26 June 2021 |
7:12 am
Lawmakers have praised wide-ranging sanctions against the Lukashenko regime, with Germany's foreign minister saying "the EU has delivered." Minsk has vowed to protect its citizens and business from the "hostile actions."
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