Published on 18/08/2026 – 15:16 GMT+2 • Updated

15:18

Eight non-EU countries have agreed to align themselves with the European Union’s latest sanctions against Belarus due to Minsk’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, and Ukraine will ensure that their national policies conform to the measures adopted by the EU Council on July 23, the bloc announced on Tuesday.

The EU welcomed their decision. The sanctions expand restrictions on goods and technology that could enhance Belarus’s military, technological, defense, or security capabilities.

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