Belarus Opposition Urges EU to Keep Sanctions Despite US Shift

Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on the European Union to maintain sanctions against her country’s authoritarian regime as she warned against following an easing of US policy toward Minsk.

The opposition is in close contact with the US administration and has asked officials “not to put pressure on the European Union countries” to lift sanctions, Tsikhanouskaya told reporters in Vilnius Monday.