MINSK, 22 June (BelTA) – The sanctions against Belarus will not go unanswered, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told the media in Minsk on 22 June, BelTA has learned.
“We said earlier that the sanctions will not go unanswered. Now the appropriate agency is studying the text of sanctions against our citizens and businesses. We are choosing the most appropriate response from a set of tools which we have developed and about which we signaled to our partners. I think it will not be long when we make these decisions,” Roman Golovchenko noted.
He said that the imposition of sanctions discredits the EU's policy towards Belarus. “To declare that the mission is ‘for the sake of the Belarusian people' is at least cynical and unscrupulous. Just look at the justification for the sanctions against our enterprises. For example, the economic sanctions against MAZ are imposed because the president called it one of the country's flagships, against BelAZ because the head of state called it a national treasure and brand of Belarus. Is this a reason why these enterprises deserve economic punishment?" the prime minister said.
"We keep on living, working. We have enough reserves and resources. We have been ready for these conditions for a long time," Roman Golovchenko stressed.
