Belarus tests EU’s unity of purpose

Article reports that the European Union faces a critical test of its common foreign policy in the spring of 2009 when it must decide whether to continue its cautious efforts at converting Belarus, the tightly controlled former Soviet state bordering Russia, from pariah state to good neighbour.

Council of the European Union: Press Release, S050/09: Javier Solana looks forward to a deeper relationship between Belarus and the EU http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/declarations/106335.pdf

ESO: Background information: EU suspends travel ban on Belarus leader http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-suspends-travel-ban-on-belarus-leader/

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