Illustrative image: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Belarus’ counterpart Alexander Lukashenko walk in as they attend a session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 3, 2015. AFP PHOTO / POOL / SERGEI KARPUKHIN
On June 28, Belarus suspended its participation in the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative, according to the statement by the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry. Such a move was a response to the introduction of new sanctions against 78 persons and 8 companies on June 21.
The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the EU was recalled to Minsk for consultations. The head of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Belarus, Dirk Schubel, was also invited to come back to Brussels for consultations in order to explain to his leadership the position of the Belarusian side.
Belarus also began the procedure of suspending of the Readmission Agreement with the EU that was the consent of the sides to receive back their citizens who were subject to deportation from another side. It was intended to stem illegal migration.
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said Monday that the government will also impose a travel ban on unspecified EU officials who were involved in drafting the sanctions against Belarus.
In November 2020, Belarus has already reduced its participation in the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative in response to sanctions introduced by some EU countries.
“We see that there are attempts to politicize a number of infrastructure, interregional projects within the framework of this initiative. Therefore, it was decided to lower the level of Belarus ‘participation in this initiative to an expert level,” Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei explained at the time.
The Eastern Partnership that is aimed at political association and economic integration with the EU now includes 5 post-Soviet countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry stressed out in its statement that the proposals of the Belarusian side on the development of dialogue, interaction and cooperation with the European Union on the basis of the principles of equality and mutual respect remain valid.
Hurry! Sell all your Euros!
EU tards will cry and rage 🤗
Has Belarus kicked out all foreign NGO’s ? Down sized the massive US embassy ? If no, why not ?
They have.
Sources please ?
If only the EU populations understood how their ‘leaders’ are deliberately destroying Europe … maybe they will soon but it is already too late. TEP.
Even if they did, what could they do? Their economies are enslaved by the EU, to the extent that that can’t leave without ruining themselves. Their regimes are rubber stamp stooges.
:D OMG EU is so hit by this move of that imbecile :D . Nobody give a shit on those moujik now SF , so please come back to good articles from years ago and not that stupid moujik “propaganda” .
One of the few semi free governments left in the world. Good job Luka !
Belarus is waking up to the back stabbing west.