U.S. Says Belarus Vote Not Free, Takes No Stance on Sanctions
Men carry a coffin with the body of Alexander Taraikovsky, a protester who died amid clashes, in Minsk on August 15.
Photographer: Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images
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The presidential election in Belarus wasn’t free and fair, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said in Warsaw on Saturday, without clarifying the U.S. stance on potential sanctions on Minsk.
The European Union Friday signaled it’s ready to impose sanctions on Belarus over the regime’s violent crackdown of protesters after last Sunday’s vote, which the bloc said was fraudulent. The bloc will start drawing up a list of officials linked to President Alexander Lukashenko who could be sanctioned.