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MINSK, 29 October (BelTA) – Belarus hopes that all sanctions will be lifted soon and the relations with the EU will normalize, spokesperson for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Mironchik told BelTA as he commented on the EU decision to suspend sanctions against Belarus.

“We hope that this decision will soon lead to the complete lifting of all sanctions and normalization of relations between Belarus and the European Union. This is in the interests of all parties,” Dmitry Mironchik noted.

BelTA reported earlier that the Council of the European Union has decided to suspend for four months the asset freeze and travel ban applying to 170 individuals and the asset freeze applying to three entities in Belarus. The information was published by the press service of the Council of the European Union. The decision was made "in the context of improving EU-Belarus relations".