Orban calls on EU to lift Belarus sanctions

The time has come for the European Union to abolish its sanctions against Belarus, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Minsk on Friday, after talks with President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Belarus participates in the EU's Eastern Partnership programme, Orban noted. "That partnership cannot be built through sanctions", Orban told a press conference held jointly with Lukashenko. Economic cooperation between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union is in the interest of the European community, Orban added.