{"id":46940,"date":"2023-05-22T17:10:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/eu-voices-support-for-political-prisoners-belarus-sanctions-not-on-agenda\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"eu-voices-support-for-political-prisoners-belarus-sanctions-not-on-agenda","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46940\/","title":{"rendered":"EU voices support for political prisoners, Belarus sanctions not on agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 22, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The European Union\u2019s foreign policy chief has <a href=\"https:\/\/audiovisual.ec.europa.eu\/en\/topnews?page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> that the bloc will not consider any new sanctions against Belarus at a meeting of foreign ministers.<\/p>\n<p> Josep Borrell told reporters before the Foreign Affairs Council that the issue of sanctions was not on the agenda.<\/p>\n<p> Borrell expressed solidarity with more than 1,500 political prisoners in Belarus, saying they are \u201cin a very dire situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt\u2019s important to remember them, to continue supporting them and to continue putting pressure on the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja urged the EU to not only maintain the existing sanctions, but also to intensify them. She said Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka is involved in Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine and the forcible displacement of Ukrainian children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 22, BPN. The European Union\u2019s foreign policy chief has said that the bloc will not consider any new sanctions against Belarus at a meeting of foreign ministers. Josep Borrell told reporters before the Foreign Affairs Council that the issue of sanctions was not on the agenda. Borrell expressed solidarity with more than 1,500 political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-46940","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 voices support for political prisoners, Belarus sanctions not on agenda | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 22, BPN. 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