Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 November 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 November 2020. It was answered by Wendy Morton (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 November 2020 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Aleksandr Lukashenko

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of imposing further sanctions on (a) individuals and (b) companies that financially support (i) Aleksandr Lukashenko and (ii) his family members.

Answer: On 29 September, with Canada, the UK implemented sanctions on Alexander Lukashenko, his son and six other members of the Belarusian senior leadership under the Global Human Rights sanctions regime for serious human rights violations linked to the presidential election in August.   We welcomed the EU's decision to impose sanctions on other linked officials and will transfer the existing EU Belarus sanctions regime into an autonomous UK sanctions regime at the end of the Transition Period. We remain concerned by the situation in Belarus and will consider future designations carefully, guided by the evidence and objectives of the sanctions regime. It is not appropriate to speculate on future designations.

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