EU policy towards Belarus

The EU maintains a policy of critical engagement with Belarus, including imposing sanctions. Nonetheless, on 24 June 2013, the Council suspended the EU travel ban on the Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vladimir Makey, to facilitate diplomatic contacts with Belarus.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: A Partnership with Dictatorship: Explaining the Paradigm Shift in European Union Policy towards Belarus http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-partnership-with-dictatorship-explaining-the-paradigm-shift-in-european-union-policy-towards-belarus/

ESO: Background information: Press Release: Council eases diplomatic contacts between EU and Belarus http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-eases-diplomatic-contacts-between-eu-and-belarus/

ESO: Background information: EU policy towards Belarus http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-eu-policy-towards-belarus/

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