The United States has imposed sanctions on 32 Belarusian individuals and entities

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement that in coordination with its allies and international partners, “today we are taking additional steps to increase spending on Alexander Lukashenko and his administration over their ongoing attacks on democracy, human rights and international norms and the repression of Belarusians.” We are inside and outside the country.

Blinken claimed that under Treasury Orders 13405 and 14038, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control identified three aircraft as frozen assets and identified 32 individuals and entities, including Belarusian state-owned companies, government officials and others. Which supports the Belarusian government and helps in its repression.

The Secretary of State said that today’s actions show our unwavering determination to take action against the Belarusian government, which is increasingly oppressing the people, undermining peace and security in Europe, and abusing those who seek only Life is in freedom, continues.
Blinken claimed that the sanctions were also in response to the Lukashenko government’s treatment of vulnerable migrants from other countries in order to organize the smuggling of migrants along its border with EU countries.

White House spokesman Jen Saki told reporters on Thursday that the United States, in coordination with its allies against Lukashenko’s government in Belarus, would continue its attacks on democracy and international principles and repression inside and outside Belarus. Human rights violations impose new sanctions.

The State Department spokesman also called on the Belarussian government to release 900 political prisoners as soon as possible.
“The United States is preparing additional sanctions against Belarus in close coordination with the European Union and its other partners and allies,” Blinken said Wednesday after a meeting of NATO ministers in the Latvian capital, Riga.
Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, has warned the West and its neighbors in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that Belarus has the capacity to respond to military threats.

“The Joint Chiefs of Staff must accurately predict where the enemy is attacking and how we should respond to it,” Lukashenko was quoted as saying by the Belarusian President’s press office on Monday. .

Addressing the Belarusian military officials, he added: “A rapid reaction force must be created to act against the enemy at any point within 2-3 hours.”