“Western politicians are already talking directly about the construction of a new“ fortress Europe ”,” BelTA quoted him as saying at a meeting of the OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers.
Makei noted that the previous confrontation is being replaced by a new, more uncompromising one.
“Instead of erasing the dividing lines, new iron curtains are being erected,” the minister said.
On December 2, the European Union introduced the fifth package of sanctions against Belarus.
The sanctions were supported by the USA, Great Britain, Canada.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, in connection with the introduction of the next package of sanctions against the republic, said that Minsk would take tough, asymmetric, but adequate measures.