The European Union (EU) next week will expand sanctions against Belarus on the background of the migration crisis. This was reported by the head of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Lyayen, RIA Novosti reported.
She said that sanctions will affect both individuals and legal entities. Also der Lyayen he disclosed that the United States is also prepared a new package of sanctions against the Belarusian authorities. European Commission President added that Washington will expand sanctions against Minsk at the beginning of December.
Earlier, the Polish Sejm deputy Janusz Kowalski said that Warsaw should demand from the European Union and the United States to impose new sanctions against Belarus and Russia, due to migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian granitse.Po to him, one of the variants of the restrictions against Moscow could become sanctions on the sale of Russian coal to the European Union.
November 10, speaking at a press briefing, spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that any sanctions against Belarus because of the migration crisis illegitimate. It noted that the actions of the authorities of Lithuania and Poland are more like attempts to punish Belarus and not to resolve a crisis situation.