EU Foreign Ministers will next week offer Belarus the prospect of a "gradual development of bilateral relations" if concrete moves are taken toward democratisation.
Foreign Ministers, who meet in Brussels on Monday (22 November), will call on President Lukashenko's government to "reverse their present policies and to embark on fundamental democratic and economic reforms", according to a draft statement.
In return the EU is offering increased trade and political ties as part of its...
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