BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

08/10/2006

Belarus Economy Resisting EU Sanctions

Minsk, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, exhorted on Saturday European Union EU leaders to wide common sense, before having economic and trade sanctions of that bloc against ex-Soviet republic.

If European people impose commercial sanctions, our country won? t be damaged, confirmed the statesman.

We will outlive, we have survived worst times, confirmed Belarus leader when commenting the possible cancellation to his country of the priorities in trade with EU.

I don't believe our trade system collapses, added the president, and expressed he has the hope common sense prevails and Europeans withdraw taking that measure.

Lukashenko was for the third time in a raw reelected last March 19, with 83 percent of the votes, in a process full of pressings and critics from United States and its European allies.

Source:

http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B6F6C093D-6A46-4AEA-B257-164ADF581D1A%7D&language=EN

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