“In partnership with the EU, Great Britain and Canada, we will continue to coordinate (use -

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) instruments of economic pressure in support of the Belarusian people,” Fischer quoted TASS as saying.

She noted that the United States will expand assistance to the Belarusian people, including emergency support for civil society leaders and independent media.

Earlier, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko commented on the new sanctions imposed by the European Union against Belarusian individuals and enterprises.