Belarusian Foreign Ministry Statement on Western Sanctions

22 июня 2021

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the sanctions adopted against our country by the EU states, the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Official Minsk notes that Western partners still prefer economic war to any dialogue. Such approaches will damage labor collectives of the enterprises. By their actions, according to the Foreign Ministry, the West shows its attitude towards Belarus.

The Foreign Ministry considers the choice of the date for the announcement of such sanctions inappropriate: this was done exactly 80 years after the united Europe led by Hitler's Germany brought death, grief and incalculable suffering to our land.

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry points out that the effect of the sanctions will be the opposite of the one desired by the organizers of the economic war.

The Foreign Ministry of Belarus notes that the West is persistently trying to close any opportunity to start negotiations on the settlement of differences. The path of the sanctions war leads nowhere, as our partners adamantly refuse to heed the voice of reason.