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EU to review ties with Belarus, mulls action over election crackdown

"We will be assessing the Belarusian authorities' actions … and conducting an in-depth review of the EU's relations with Belarus," Borrell said in a statement

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“This may include, inter alia, taking measures against those responsible for the observed violence, unjustified arrests, and falsification of election results,” he added.

AP | PTI Minsk
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Tuesday that the 27-nation bloc will hold a thorough review of its ties with Belarus, and is mulling action against those involved in the massive police election crackdown, or against officials who might have interfered with the vote.
 
“We will be assessing the Belarusian authorities' actions … and conducting an in-depth review of the EU's relations with Belarus,” Borrell said in a statement.

Borrell said the people of Belarus have shown they want change, but that “the elections were neither free nor fair,” and he called on the authorities in Minsk to