FILE PHOTO: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko talks on the phone as he works at the Independence Palace, in Minsk, Belarus August 23, 2020. BelTA/Handout via REUTERS
MINSK/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, facing a nearly three-week popular uprising since a disputed election, threatened on Friday to cut off European transit routes across his country if sanctions are imposed.
Speaking during a visit to a dairy factory in the country's east, Lukashenko said he would block European neighbours from shipping goods to Russia over Belarusian territory, and divert exports now shipped through ports in EU member Lithuania.
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