{"id":168207,"date":"2025-12-15T12:56:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168207\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"eu-unwilling-to-ease-potash-sanctions-on-minsk-preparing-new-measures","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168207\/","title":{"rendered":"EU unwilling to ease potash sanctions on Minsk, prepares new measures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/europe-es-flag-caniceus-pixabay-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/europe-es-flag-caniceus-pixabay-1.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/europe-es-flag-caniceus-pixabay-1-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/europe-es-flag-caniceus-pixabay-1-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/europe-es-flag-caniceus-pixabay-1-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/europe-es-flag-caniceus-pixabay-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Caniceus \/ pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 15, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The European Union does not intend to follow Washington in lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilizers, Kaja Kallas, the EU foreign affairs chief, has told <em>Deutsche Welle<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU prioritizes strategic objectives, one of which remains to put sanctions pressure on the aggressor and its accomplices, she said, referring to Russia that wages an aggressive war on Ukraine and authorities in Belarus that have been supporting Moscow since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington announced that it will be lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilizers following the meeting between Aleksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and John Coale, US special envoy to Belarus. Negotiations in Minsk on December 12 and 13 also resulted in the release of 123 designated political prisoners, including prominent opposition figures and politicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington&#8217;s easing of sanctions on Belarusian potash exports would not affect the position of the EU or Lithuania on this issue, Lithuanian Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys stressed today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician also said Lithuania remains unwilling to hold high-level talks with Minsk, adding that Minsk had reportedly rejected a proposal for a Lithuanian ambassador-at-large to negotiate border tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU Foreign Affairs Council is expected to extend sanctions against Belarus at its meeting today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kalijnye_udobrenija_-clearerimages_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kalijnye_udobrenija_-clearerimages_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kalijnye_udobrenija_-clearerimages_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kalijnye_udobrenija_-clearerimages_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kalijnye_udobrenija_-clearerimages_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kalijnye_udobrenija_-clearerimages_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Washington to lift sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilizers &#8211; envoy<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 13,&nbsp;Pozirk. Washington is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilizers, Belarus\u2019 state media reported citing John Coale, US special envoy who held talks with Aleksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka in Minsk. He added that negotiations on other restrictive measures would continue, noting that &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/167979\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 15, Pozirk. The European Union does not intend to follow Washington in lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilizers, Kaja Kallas, the EU foreign affairs chief, has told Deutsche Welle. The EU prioritizes strategic objectives, one of which remains to put sanctions pressure on the aggressor and its accomplices, she said, referring to Russia that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-168207","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EU unwilling to ease potash sanctions on Minsk, prepares new measures | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 15, Pozirk. 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