The European Union will introduce new sanctions against Belarus, including the export of this country, announced the chairman of the European Commission of Ursula Dir Lyien, reports Interfax.
“We will present restrictive measures against the most important sectors, it will stop their exports of goods from fossil fuel to tobacco, wood, cement, iron and steel, – she said. – We will also expand on Belarus restrictions on the export of dual-use goods, which We previously presented for Russia. “
According to the background, the division of Belarus, which, according to EU, will help Russia to carry out military operation in Ukraine.
At the same time, Minsk deny that the Belarusian military participate in this operation. According to President Vladimir Zelensky, the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko assured him on the phone that Belarus would not be a country where the troops go to Ukraine and fly airplanes and rockets.