BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

09/10/2006

Belarus Economy Resisting EU Sanctions

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.freshplaza.com/2006/09oct/ec_by_sanctions.htm