G7 Foreign Ministers Condemn Belarus, Threaten Further Sanctions

G7 Foreign Ministers Condemn Belarus, Threaten Further Sanctions
Police detain journalist Roman Pratasevich in Minsk, Belarus, on March 26, 2017. Sergei Grits/AP Photo
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OTTAWA—The G7 says it will ramp up its efforts to hold Belarus accountable for arresting a dissident journalist on board an intercepted jetliner, though additional penalties have yet to be nailed down.

In a statement Thursday, the countries’ foreign ministers along with a European Union representative said they will impose “further sanctions as appropriate,” condemning the act as an attack on press freedom and civil aviation rules.