The Canadian government announced new sanctions on Belarusian officials, while the leader of the Belarusian opposition in exile, Svetlana Tikhanskaya, is visiting the country to urge Ottawa to continue to pressure Alexander Lukashnko.
This batch of penalties targets 22 officials in the system and 15 institutions in a relationship with the “military equipment, technology, engineering, banking and transportation and transportation via railway.
” In total, Canada’s sanctions affect more than 100 individuals and companies in the country.
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie accused in a statement of the Belarusian President’s regime of leaving “his lands turning into a platform for Russia’s horrific attacks on Ukraine. ”
Jolie Samah, Pillaros, condemned “the Russian regime of human rights violations in places such as Pucca, Isium and Mariolol” in Ukraine, and criticized “President Putin’s use of food and energy as weapons. “.
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