EU Foreign Ministers Gave the Green Light to the Introduction of Sectoral Sanctions against the Belarusian Regime

• 21.06.2021, 13:21

The potash, oil, and banking sectors will be hit.

The foreign ministers of the EU countries approved the introduction of sectoral sanctions against the Belarusian regime at a meeting on July 21. The sanctions will affect the potash and oil industries, as well as the banking sector, according to RFE / RL's Brussels correspondent Rikard Jozwiak.

The sanctions will be approved at a meeting of the European Council and officially published in a few days.

Let us remind you that today the ministers of foreign affairs of the EU countries also approved sanctions against 78 individuals and 8 Belarusian companies.