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Article: Belarus Blasts EU Travel Ban
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- November 21, 2002
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MINSK, Belarus (AP) _ Belarus criticized a European Union travel ban
on President Alexander Lukashenko and seven of his top ministers,
and a top lawmaker promised retaliatory measures.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Pavel Latushko said Wednesday that the
ban was an affront on Belarus' sovereignty that is "aimed at reviving
the dangerous practice of settling political problems by force."
On Tuesday, every EU member but Portugal imposed the ban because of
alleged human rights violations in the former Soviet republic. Portugal
said it wants to try other ways ...