{"id":42677,"date":"2022-06-21T16:32:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T13:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/eu-to-keep-sanctioning-belarusian-regime-ambassador\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"eu-to-keep-sanctioning-belarusian-regime-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/42677\/","title":{"rendered":"EU to keep sanctioning Belarusian regime \u2013 ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>June 21, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The European Union will continue to impose sanctions against Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime and support civil society in Belarus, the EU\u2019s envoy to Belarus Dirk Schuebel told the Kalinowski Conference in the European Parliament on June 21.<\/p>\n<p> The diplomat said the bloc has already imposed six sanctions packages on the regime, but would&nbsp;not reject any attempts by&nbsp;\u0141uka\u0161enka to engage with the EU. <\/p>\n<p> According to Schuebel, sanctions have had an impact on the Belarusian economy, which contracted by 3.5% in the first five months of 2022. He said&nbsp;that annual GDP may decline by&nbsp;9%. <\/p>\n<p> He also pointed at the shrinking industrial production and foreign trade and high&nbsp;inflation.<\/p>\n<p> Schuebel went on to say that the regime is trying to distance itself from the Kremlin, but it cannot&nbsp;make independent political and military decisions.<\/p>\n<p> The regime\u2019s fate to a great extent depends on the outcome of the war in Ukraine, he added.<\/p>\n<p> The diplomat noted that most Belarusians oppose their country\u2019s participation in Putin&#8217;s war. <\/p>\n<p> Speaking of the EU\u2019s support for Belarusians, he said the bloc allocated \u20ac65 million to defense of the civil society\u2019s and repression victims\u2019 rights. On top of that, \u20ac6 million were allocated to small and medium businesses, and \u20ac1 million to independent media.<\/p>\n<p>The EU should now help those Belarusians who were forced to leave Ukraine with visas and other issues, he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 21, BPN. The European Union will continue to impose sanctions against Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime and support civil society in Belarus, the EU\u2019s envoy to Belarus Dirk Schuebel told the Kalinowski Conference in the European Parliament on June 21. The diplomat said the bloc has already imposed six sanctions packages on the regime, but would&nbsp;not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-42677","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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 to keep sanctioning Belarusian regime \u2013 ambassador | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 21, BPN. 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