Will EU lift sanctions against Lukashenka, Paulichenka and Navumau?

The adopted by the European Parliament resolution says about lifting sanctions against a number of Belarusian officials. The Charter’97 press center asked a member of the Belarusian delegation in Strasbourg to comment on this fact.

It should be reminded that among persons, banned entry to EU countries, are Belarusian officials, suspected by the International society in kidnapping and murders of opposition leaders, as well as Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

“The European Union will decide against what concrete persons the sanctions will be lifted. The European Parliament just said the visa sanctions might lifted. But more concrete decisions will be taken in Luxemburg on Monday, during a meeting of EU foreign ministers, where Belarusian foreign minister Syarhei Martynau will be present, as is known. MEPs said yesterday: Lukashenka released political prisoners, but Europe didn’t make a step forward. They said the sanctions against some Belarusian officials, with whom they are going to negotiate, should be lifted. They didn’t discuss cancelling sanctions against Lukashenka. However, this issue was interesting for everyone. It’s too early to say who will be allowed to Europe. The concrete names weren’t called,” Paval Sevyarynets, head of the organising committee on creation Belarusian Christian Democracy Party, who was present at the session of the European Parliament together with Alyaksandr Milinkevich and Alyaksandr Kazulin.