{"id":45776,"date":"2023-02-20T15:08:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T12:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/eu-to-discuss-new-sanctions-against-belarus\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"eu-to-discuss-new-sanctions-against-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45776\/","title":{"rendered":"EU to discuss new sanctions against Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>February 20,<span> BPN<\/span>.<\/b> The European Council\u2019s Permanent Representative Committee will consider new sanctions against Belarus on February 22, its website says.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The new round of sanctions is linked to the situation within Belarus and its involvement in the Russian aggression against Ukraine, it notes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Earlier, the EU imposed sanctions on Belarus over human rights abuses, allegations of vote rigging in the 2020 presidential election, the forced landing of the Ryanair flight in Minsk and the country&#8217;s complicity in Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka admitted that Belarus participated in Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine, but said it was &#8220;not killing anyone.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Authorities in Minsk denied Belarusian army troops\u2019 involvement in combat operations on the Russian side. However, Belarus allowed Russian troops and weapons to move freely through the country, use its airspace, refuel and store military equipment and attack Ukraine from its territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 20, BPN. The European Council\u2019s Permanent Representative Committee will consider new sanctions against Belarus on February 22, its website says. The new round of sanctions is linked to the situation within Belarus and its involvement in the Russian aggression against Ukraine, it notes. Earlier, the EU imposed sanctions on Belarus over human rights abuses, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45776","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 discuss new sanctions against Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 20, BPN. 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