US and EU expect to jointly announce sanctions against Belarus

“Our intention is to make a coordinated statement early or mid-next week,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington and European partners are studying the possibility of introducing tough sanctions against Minsk.

In early September, Czech Foreign Minister Tomasz Petřicek said that initially the sanctions list included 20 persons "responsible for manipulating the presidential elections in Belarus on August 9 and the use of force against protesters." He did not rule out that the list will be expanded.