Baltic States impose travel ban on Lukashenko & Belarusian officials to 'set example'

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, on August 31, imposed a travel ban on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and 29 or officials in a move to inspire west to take firm actions on leer. three Baltic nations h led call to sanction Belarusian “dictator” who has been accused of rigging presidential elections to prolong his rule of 26 years. Though t specified, list of officials includes all those who apparently allied with Lukashenko to rig elections and also take violent actions against protestors.

'To set an example' 

Stating a need to “set an example” for or European states, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said that y previously asked for peaceful dialogue between regime and society, but “regime wasn’t rey for that” European Union has been working on its own list of individuals in Belarus to target with similar sanctions, but Western countries have mostly been cautious, wary of provoking intervention from Russia.

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Tsikhauskaya to speak at UNSC

This comes as  country’s opposition leer Sviatlana Tsikhauskaya was reportedly invited to dress United Nations Security Council on September 4, Friday by Estonia. Tsikhauskaya’s spokesman reportedly said that she will speak by a video link at invitation of Estonia, which is currently a n-permanent member of body. ditional information regarding what meeting is going to be about was revealed. 

On or hand, Lukashenko and Russian President Vlimir Putin have agreed to meet in Moscow, Kremlin revealed on August 30. Lukashenko, who has been surrounded by controversies ever since Presidential elections took place in Belarus, h previously asked for Putin’s support to control unrest in his nation. Complying to his request President Putin h, on August 26, vowed military support to embattled leer.

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