A recent bilateral rapprochement between the two countries prompted the EU to ease, on 25February2016, the sanctions it applies to Belarus  asset freezes, travel bans and trade and financial restrictions.
Nedavno dvostransko zbližanje obeh držav je EU spodbudilo, da je 25.februarja2016 omilila sankcije, ki jih je uvedla proti Belorusiji, in sicer zamrznitev sredstev, prepoved potovanja ter trgovinske in finančne omejitve.