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The U.S. sanctions in place against a number of Belarusian officials, bogus and useless.
With such a statement on Wednesday, June 9, was made by Foreign Ministry of Belarus, commenting on the decision of Washington extend for one year sanctions against the Belarusian leadership, introduced in 2006 by President George W. Bush.
"If we talk of sanctions against a number of Belarusian officials, after a long period of existence of these sanctions for all the obvious artificiality of these sanctions and isolation from real life," - said the Belarusian diplomat.
"We believe that the extension of those useless, but confrontational in nature of the sanctions, said the absence of the U.S. political will to develop cooperation in the interests of peace and cooperation", - added official representative of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus.
In Minsk convinced that constructive engagement between the U.S. and Belarus will be useful not only for our countries, but also for the region and the world community as a whole. " Belarus offers the U.S. to move away from stereotypes of confrontational thinking and begin to remove the rubble in our bilateral relations, "- Foreign Ministry spokesman said, while stressing that the abolition of all forms of sanctions is a fundamental condition for the beginning of the dialogue.
Recall that in early May, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko saidThat he was disappointed the current relations with the West, which is not reciprocated by his country steps forward, and the policy of Moscow committed to forming pragmatic relations with Minsk.

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RIA Novosti