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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10043
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/belarus

Stronger EU ties with Belarus as long as significant moves towards democracy are made

Brussels, 17/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament backs the EU's gradual re-engagement approach towards Belarus, initiated by the Council of Ministers in October 2008, but demands 'significant progress' in democracy, the rule of law and human rights as a precondition for the lifting of restrictive measures like the freezing of assets and the travel ban on members of the Alexandr Lukashenko's regime or reactivating the EU-Belarus Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, the...

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