10月19日 - 作为俄罗斯最亲密盟友之一的白俄罗斯周一表示，由于拉脱维亚的“不友好”关系，该国将禁止拉脱维亚若干商品入境。
Oct 19 - Belarus, one of Russia's closest allies, said on Monday it was barring the entry of a number of goods from neighbouring Latvia because of the Baltic state's "unfriendly" relations.
白俄罗斯政府已对包括罐头鱼和各种工业品在内的一系列产品实施禁令，国家通讯社别尔塔报道。
Belarus's government had slapped the ban on a range of products including canned fish and various industrial goods, state news agency Belta said.
“此决定是基于拉脱维亚方面对白俄罗斯保持不建设性立场和不友好言论而作出的，”别尔塔援引政府决定称。拉脱维亚于7月关闭了与白俄罗斯的边境。
"This decision was taken in connection with the Latvian side maintaining an unconstructive approach and unfriendly rhetoric in relation to Belarus," Belta quoted the government decision as saying. Latvia closed its border with Belarus in July.
与白俄罗斯的其他邻国一样，拉脱维亚在移民大规模尝试越过白俄罗斯边境进入欧盟方面也遇到了与明斯克的困难。
Like Belarus's other neighbours, Latvia has encountered difficulties with Minsk over mass attempts by migrants to cross the Belarusian border into the European Union.
白俄罗斯否认与其他国家的移民勾结或鼓励他们试图越过其边境进入欧盟。
Belarus denies colluding or encouraging migrants from other countries to attempt to cross its borders into the EU.
自1994年以来由亚历山大·卢卡申科领导的白俄罗斯长期被指控侵犯人权并受到西方制裁。卢卡申科允许俄罗斯利用白俄罗斯领土协助发动2022年对乌克兰的入侵，但拒绝将本国军队投入冲突。
Led by President Alexander Lukashenko since 1994, Belarus has long been accused of human rights abuses subject to Western sanctions. Lukashenko allowed Russia to use Belarusian territory to help launch the 2022 invasion of Ukraine but has declined to commit his country's forces to the conflict.