BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

17/03/2009

EU acts to reward Belarus progress

By Tony Barber

The European Union sought yesterday to encourage recent modest steps towards political liberalisation in Belarus by extending the suspension of a travel ban on Alexander Lukashenko, the former Soviet state's authoritarian president.

The gesture underlined the EU's desire not to let Belarus slip completely under the sway of Russia.

Source:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ed97fd2-1295-11de-b816-0000779fd2ac.html

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