(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, 02 OTT - EU leaders agreed to impose
sanctions against members of the Belarus regime on Friday and
fired a warning at Turkey over its gas drilling activities in
the eastern Mediterranean. In a summit statement hammered out
over more than six hours of haggling, the 27 leaders warned
Ankara it could face "immediate" sanctions if it persists with
gas exploration in Cypriot waters. The statement was enough for
Nicosia to lift its veto on separate, long-delayed sanctions
over the crisis in Belarus, which officials say will now come
into effect on Friday. But EU leaders voted against imposing
restrictions on President Lukashenko himself, instead issuing
travel bans and freezing the assets of some 40 Belarusian
officials. (ANSA-AFP).
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