By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES MEPs called for new presidential elections in Belarus and urged the European Union to sanction President Lukashenko. Backing Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the EPP Group joined with other political forces Thursday in the European Parliament in a virtual
Credit: europa.ba / Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Joseph Borrell, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, said the EU strongly condemns the “unabating arbitrary and unexplained arrests and detentions on political grounds”
Credit: ec.europa.eu/ Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union does not recognize the results the recent presidential election in Belarus and stands strongly with the people demanding a peaceful transition
Credit: Wikipedia / Flag of the Republic of Germany By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Germany summoned the Belarusian ambassador in its country Denis Sidorenko for urgent talks amid President Alexander Lukashenko’s disputed re-election. The summons came ahead of an emergency meeting last Friday by
Credit: youtube /thenational / Nearly 7,000 protesters have been arrested amid post-election crackdown by Belarus officials. Protesters reported being beaten and tortured. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Union is preparing to impose new sanctions against Belarusian officials following the brutal post-election