Tension rises between the EU and Belarus
5th March 2012On 28th February tension between the EU and Belarus increased once more. The Belarus authorities indeed demanded the departure of the Ambassador of Poland and of the EU's representative. Out of solidarity for the latter all of the European capitals recalled their ambassadors in Belarus for consultations and convened the Belarus ambassadors, whilst the Political and Security Committee met in Brussels to decide on further measures to take. Moreover the Council added 21 more people responsible for the repression in Belarus to the list of those banned from entering the European territory and it froze their assets.
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