Japan to freeze assets of three Belarus banks
TOKYO: Japan will freeze the assets of three Belarusian
banks, the government said Thursday (Mar 10), days after EU countries agreed to
toughen sanctions on Minsk over its support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Tokyo's latest sanctions on Belarus, to be imposed from Apr
10, come as Japan acts with its G7 partners to pressure Moscow with a series of
constraints on financial institutions and exports including semiconductors.
Japan had previously announced sanctions on Belarusian
President Alexander Lukashenko.
Earlier this week, the European Union gave the go-ahead to
cut three Belarusian banks from the global SWIFT messaging system over the
country's involvement in the Kremlin's attack.
The three banks that will be sanctioned in Japan's asset
freeze are Belagroprombank, Bank Dabrabyt, and the Development Bank of the
Republic of Belarus, the foreign ministry said.
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