Joint Statement: U.S., UK, EU Ready to Discuss New Sanctions Against Minsk

The United States, the United Kingdom and European Union states members of the UN Security Council are ready to discuss imposing sanctions on the Belarusian government and on those whom they blame for fueling the migrant crisis on the border with Poland. “Together, we express our solidarity with Poland and Lithuania and stand ready to discuss further measures that we can take to support them and target those involved in and contributing to activities by the Lukashenko regime that facilitate the illegal crossing of the external borders of the European Union,” the countries said in a joint statement, published after…