LUXEMBOURG (AFP) – EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to suspend sanctions against Belarus after elections won by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko passed off without incident, Frances European affairs minister said.We have taken the decision to suspend the sanctions for the next four months but they can be reinstated immediately if that is required, minister Harlem Desir told reporters, adding that they will be reviewed at the end of that period.The EU has imposed travel bans and asset freezes against Lukashenko and around 170 other individuals and 14 groups for rights abuses.Lukashenko, 61, won a fifth consecutive term by a landslide …read more
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