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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9171
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/belarus

Visa bans on 31 regime leaders, including Lukashenko, are in force - increased civilian support

Luxembourg, 10/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, as expected, EU Foreign Affairs Ministers, meeting in Luxembourg under the Chairmanship of Ursula Plassnik, adopted a common position imposing a visa ban on 31 Belarus leaders, including President Alexander Lukashenko. The EU considers that these 31 people, to be added to the six already hit by the same ban since 2004, are the main culprits for fixing the Presidential elections on 19 March, the violent repression of the democratic...

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