Belarus in the coming days will introduce response economic sanctions against Western countries. About this Prime Minister of the Republic Roman Golzchenko said after the meeting of the President of the country, transfers BelTA.
He announced the imminent introduction of Minsk restrictions against the West and stressed that these measures will be an answer to “illegitimate” sanctions that previously the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom and the United States introduced in relation to Belarus.
“The list will be large enough. This will not be so-called asymmetric measures and not formal. It will be economic measures in response to what pressure we are exposed, – Golzchenko noted.
Earlier, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, during the meeting, demanded that the authorities of the country in military and without red tape develop antisancation measures.
On December 2, the European Union due to the migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border adopted the fifth package of sanctions against Minsk. More than 25 individuals and legal entities fell into it, including the Belavia airline and Grodno Nitrogen and Belarusneft enterprises. New restrictive measures against Belarus also introduced the United States and Britain.