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June 21, 2021 "This morning with the foreign ministers of the European Union we will have a meeting with the leader of the Belarusian opposition, Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya, who will explain the situation in Belarus. Then we will adopt the

fourth package of sanctions

" against the repression of protests and the forced landing of the Ryanair flight in Minsk. 



The sanctions provide for the country to be registered on the European black list, with the freezing of assets and the ban on travel to the Union. 



"The

measures will affect 86 individuals and four entities

", declared the high representative of the EU, Josep Borrell, arriving at the meeting of the heads of European diplomacy in Luxembourg." We will also discuss the economic sanctions that will be presented to the European council and will be approved after the evaluation "of the leaders.



The

minister degli Esteri Luigi Di Maio will participate in the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg

. The agenda includes an exchange of views on the main issues of international

affairs

, including Belarus, Latin America and Iraq, to ​​which particular attention will be paid - underlines a note from the Farnesina - with a lunch with Foreign Minister Hussein, also


on the initiative of Italy At the end of the work, Di Maio will leave for a two-day mission in the Balkans.