LUXEMBOURG (AP) — The European Union on Monday moved closer to suspending sanctions on Belarus following the central European nation’s release of political prisoners and a weekend election that was more transparent and calm than previous polls.France’s Europe Minister, Harlem Desir, said Monday’s foreign affairs meeting had a provisional commitment that for the next four months the EU would “suspend the sanctions, but that can be put in place again immediately if it proves justified.”If fully enacted, that could signal a major step in ending nine years of international diplomatic isolation for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.”There is a common view …read more
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