Estonia applauds as EU bans entry to Belarus president
Estonia expressed support for a European Union travel ban on Monday on top Belarussian officials, including President Alexander Lukashenko.
The Estonian Foreign Ministry cited Foreign Minister Urmas Paet as expressing satisfaction during a European Union Council meeting in Luxembourg on Monday that Lukashenko is among those to whom the ban applies.
Paet demanded that the Belarussian government release Alexander Kozulin, one of the opposition leaders, and the others arrested for taking part in street protests against the official results of the March 19 presidential election, the Estonian ministry`s press service told Interfax.
Paet also called on EU countries to find resources to support civil society and democratic development in Belarus.