Füle considers expel of ambassadors from Belarus “counterproductive”

• 29.02.2012, 9:53

The EU Commissioner calls the decision of the Belarusian authorities to expel ambassadors of Poland and the EU “counterproductive”.

“Whatever is taking us away from the most important tasks – and as I see them, the task No. 1 is to release all political prisoners and to rehabilitate them and second, to reengage with Belarus to the benefit of the citizens of Belarus – is unhelpful and counterproductive,” Stefan Füle, the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, said at a press conference in Brussels on Tuesday, BBC reports.

These actions by Lukashenka were a response to political sanctions against Belarus: 21 officials, 19 judges and two police officers, responsible for arrests of the regime opponents were added to the EU blacklist.