EU, US, UK, Canada Join Forces to Slap Sanctions on Belarus

Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi pose for a photo during a European Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting at the European Council building in Luxembourg, on June 21, 2021. Johanna Geron/Pool Photo via AP

BRUSSELS—The United States, the European Union, Britain, and Canada joined forces Monday to impose sanctions on several senior officials in Belarus over the forced diversion to Minsk of a passenger plane travelling between two EU countries last month.

Asset freezes and travel bans were also imposed on a number of officials linked to the security crackdown that continues to rock the country some 10 months after President Alexander Lukashenko was returned to power in elections branded by the EU and others as “fraudulent.”