EU fails to agree on Belarus sanctions after Cyprus blocks plan
by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels from on (#58DDP)
Cypriot government refuses to back measures unless bloc imposes sanctions on Turkey
European foreign ministers have failed to break the deadlock over sanctions on Belarus, after Cyprus blocked the plan citing the lack of EU action against Turkey.
Nearly one month after the EU took a political decision to sanction Belarusian officials accused of falsifying the 9 August presidential poll and orchestrating a brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters, the bloc failed to agree the legal text.
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