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2 of October, 12:02

Foreign Ministry: Minsk has no plans for the EU to withdraw Belarus punishment
Nina Gurin. Minsk does not have any precise information about the plans of the EU to withdraw Belarus punishment, said on the last working day of the week Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of the Republic Yelena Kupchina.

"They're behind closed doors doing this, it is an internal procedure. Belarus is not correct information, " said Kupchina correspondents, having advised to address for comments on this issue in Brussels.

Belarus is under political and economic pressure from the West for almost 20 years. The European Union alleging human rights violations in Belarus in 2012 it expanded introduced at the beginning of the 2010 winter punishment on the country, for example, limiting the entry of Belarusian bureaucrats on the platform of the European Union, and made it a condition of improving relations, the release of all " political prisoners ". Minsk claims that political prisoners in the country. The Council of the European Union extended penalties against Belarus until 31 October 2015.

The Belarusian authorities said on numerous occasions some recovery and a thaw in relations between Minsk and Brussels in the last period of time, as well as among them on the background of the role of Belarus in the conflict settlement in the South-East of Ukraine. The parties are meeting to improve relations.

earlier in September, the Agency Reuters referring to diplomatic sources has informed that the European Union States may remove a number of sanctions concerning Belarus, and among them to cancel the travel ban on President Alexander Lukashenko. A formal decision, according to the Agency has the ability to be taken in the near future during the meeting of European diplomats.

The EU source said Last news that the European Union States will discuss the future against the current Belarus regime of punishment not before the presidential elections, scheduled for October eleven.

sections: Politics

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