Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will soon impose sanctions in the form of travel restrictions on some 30 Belarusian officials.
Among them is President Alexander Lukashenko, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said.
- We have said that we need a peaceful dialogue and agreement between the regime and the citizens, but we see that the regime is not ready for it, Gitanas Nauseda says according to Reuters.
Need to set an example
The news comes the day after tens of thousands of protesters again marched in the capital Minsk demanding Lukashenko's resign.
The protests have been going on since the disputed election on August 9, which the opposition and large parts of the world have condemned as rigged.
According to Gitanas Nauseda, the sanctions should be seen as a first step and may be extended.
- We see that we need to come forward and set an example to other countries, says Gitanas Nauseda, according to Reuters.
Alexander Lukashenko on Friday threatened to suspend all European crossings in the country if sanctions were imposed.
Belarus in particular accounts for a third of Lithuania's freight transport by rail, and also accounts for a large proportion of roads into Russia for European goods.
Russia: Does not send police
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Lukashenko to a meeting.
According to, among others, SVT's correspondent Bert Sundström, it is considered that a move by Russia has led to intensifying the possibilities of linking a grip on Belarus.
On Friday, however, Russia announced that the situation in Belarus was considered "under control" and that it currently saw no reason to send the special police force that Vladimir Putin announced last week had been made available to intervene against protesters at Lukashenko's request.
In parallel, it is announced that opposition leader Svetlana Tichanovskaya, who fled to Lithuania after the election, will speak to the UN Security Council on Friday via video link.
Tikhanovskaya has been invited by Estonia, which currently sits on the Council.