US President Joe Bayiden can announce new sanctions against Belarus on Monday on August 9. According to the American authorities, the President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko is repressions, reports CNN.
it is clarified that the announcement of new restrictive measures is timed to the anniversary of the presidential election in Belarus. What exactly will the sanctions, not specifying. At the same time, it is not excluded that on the advice of the leader of the Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya may be affected by the oil and potash sectors of the economy of the republic.
Tikhanovskaya arrived in the US on July 18. She held negotiations with US President Joe Biden, the State Secretary of the country of Anthony Blinken, an adviser to the American Leader on National Security Jake Sullivan and the United States Ambassador in Belarus, Julie Fisher. During the visit, Tikhanovskaya called on the United States to introduce against the republic “the strongest” sanctions.
In turn, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus called the visit of the opposition leader in the United States not more than a tourist trip, paid at the expense of American taxpayers.