Belarus: Presidential Elections Debate
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Sara Britcliffe
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(3 years, 8 months ago)
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Dominic Raab
I can reassure the hon. Member that in all the discussions I have had, he is the only person to have made that point.
Sara Britcliffe (Hyndburn) (Con)
We must stand together with our international partners against thuggery and election rigging. The EU sanctions will be a crucial tool in holding Lukashenko and his regime to account. Will my right hon. Friend confirm that we will remain involved in those sanctions even after the end of the transition period?
Dominic Raab
I reassure my hon. Friend that if the EU adopts sanctions—we hope that it will and that they will be ambitious—we would continue them after the end of the transition period, obviously having worked out the timing and how they coincide with the Magnitsky sanctions.