Western sanctions bordering on a ‘declaration of financial war’, claims Belarus
1 min readA Ryanair aircraft, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and diverted to Belarus, in which authorities detained him, lands at Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania May well 23, 2021.
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Belarus views Western sanctions, imposed in reaction to Minsk’s forced landing of a Ryanair plane previous thirty day period to arrest a journalist on board, as a declaration of financial war, the Foreign Ministry explained in a statement on Tuesday.
Western powers hit Belarus with a wave of new sanctions on Monday in a coordinated reaction against officers, lawmakers and ministers from the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko, whose air force intercepted the Ryanair airplane traveling concerning Athens and Vilnius on May possibly 23 in what the West identified as state piracy.
Minsk reported the sanctions would negatively effects the interests of its citizens and warned that it would be pressured to consider reciprocal measures that could in change adversely have an affect on citizens and companies of Western countries.
“[The EU] proceeds purposeful damaging steps towards the populace in get, allegedly, to “dry up the regime economically.” In reality, this borders on a declaration of financial war,” the ministry claimed.
