{"id":95320,"date":"2024-07-13T13:55:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T10:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/95320\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"latvias-president-says-sanctions-pressure-to-help-end-war-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/95320\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvia\u2019s president says sanctions pressure to help end war in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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July 13, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>More sanctions against Minsk and Moscow would help end Russia’s war on Ukraine, Latvian President Edgars Rink\u0113vi\u010ds told Voice of America<\/em> on the sidelines of the recent NATO Summit in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other steps include providing Ukraine with “all necessary weapons,” “lifting all restrictions on their use” and assuming legal obligations to help punish the crime of aggression, the official said. Only in this case, Russia would be forced to seek peace, he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The West perceives the Russian threat seriously and sees its long-term implications, Rink\u0113vi\u010ds added, noting that NATO members are preparing to respond to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past few years, democratic countries have imposed multiple restrictions on Belarus over human rights abuses, alleged vote rigging in the 2020 presidential election, a brutal crackdown on protesters, the forced landing of a Ryanair flight, a migration crisis at the European Union border, as well as support of Russia’s war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the initial stage of the invasion, the Russians used Belarusian territory for the ground operation and shelling of Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has repeatedly expressed his support for the Russian campaign. Belarusian authorities are also accused of complicity in forced transfers of Ukrainian children from the Russian-held territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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