US to re-impose sanctions on Belarus firms over plane incident
Add BT as a preferred source[WASHINGTON] The Biden administration on Friday said it will re-impose sanctions on nine Belarusian state-owned businesses in response to Belarus' forced landing of a passenger jet and subsequent arrest of a journalist on board.
"We call on (Belarus President Alexander) Lukashenka to allow a credible international investigation into the events of May 23," White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement, referring to the day the passenger jet was forced to land in Minsk.
The Belarus president's last name is also spelled in English as Lukashenko.
REUTERS
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