Belarusian senator: Illegitimate sanctions deter the world’s potential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

The chairman of the International Affairs and National Security Commission said: “Today our countries stand against the united West, which is waging a hybrid war on us in economy, in politics, and in mass media. Illegitimate sanctions used as a tool of political coercion, trade wars and forex wars, protectionism, restrictions on access to innovations, technologies, and investments, visa restrictions, unilateral closure of borders, and air blockades deter not only the potential of our states but the world’s overall potential for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals.”