EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday (7 November) are set to fire a shot across the bows to Belarus on human rights ahead of the July 2006 presidential vote.
The statement, preliminarily agreed by EU ambassadors on Thursday, calls on Minsk to conduct the elections fairly and under proper international observation, as well as to stop harassing independent media and NGOs, such as the Polish Union in Belarus.
The text says the EU is "ready to take further appropriate r...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.