The Belarusian Foreign Ministry promised a tough and asymmetric response to EU sanctions

Belarus will take asymmetric but adequate measures in response to sanctionsagainst 11 companies and 17 individuals, since the restrictions are aimed at "suffocating" the country's economy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the republic believes.

MINSK considers the fifth package of sanctions imposed by the European Union against companies and citizens of Belarus a “hypocritical blow”, tough but adequate response measures will be taken. This is stated in a statement on the website of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.

“Solely as a response, we, as previously stated, will take tough, asymmetric, but adequate measures,” the ministry assured.

According to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, European officials "came up with some kind of aggression", ignoring common sense and the facts provided and Minsk's attempts to curb illegal migration. The department added that the European Union continued the course of “demonization” of the country, and the goal of imposing sanctions was “to strangle Belarus economically, to complicate and worsen the life of Belarusians as much as possible.”

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The European Union, the Foreign Ministry continued, does not pay attention to the “appeals of millions of Belarusian workers”, who, according to the ministry, demand the lifting of “barbaric” sanctions measures. “Tens of thousands of Belarusian citizens and their families, European consumers, suppliers, businessmen and companies will suffer. Such “little things” mean nothing to them when they want to play geopolitics,” the ministry said, adding that the sanctions are in line with European business interests and their adoption will allow them to get rid of competitors.