Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Belarus concerning that country's assistance to Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.

The UK condemns the role the Belarusian regime is playing in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Minister for Europe and North America summoned the Belarusian Ambassador on 25 February to make clear that the Lukashenko regime must end its support for Russia's illegal invasion and respect Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty in line with its international obligations. Furthermore, on 1 March, the Foreign Secretary launched a package of sanctions on those Belarusian individuals and organisations who have aided and abetted this reckless aggression. Individuals will be unable to travel to the UK and any UK-based assets will be frozen. We also plan to extend recent Russia sanctions to Belarus in due course. The Lukashenko regime will be made to feel the economic consequences for its support for Putin's attack on Ukraine.