On Friday 16 October, European leaders endorsed the measures agreed on Monday 12 October to penalise the Belarusian leadership and support the people of the country (see EUROPE B12579A1), and, in their conclusions, condemned “the continuing violence against peaceful protesters”.
Ahead of the summit, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda denounced “the regime’s efforts to penalise and prosecute the Belarusian people”, while his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, explained that the...