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Condemnation of EU members in Regards to Belarus.
Topic Started: Jun 16 2014, 11:52 AM (342 Views)
AllenKalashnikov

Laurent Fabius
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development

I have been talking to the leadership of Belarus and they wish to release the prisoners however such a move would require a compromise France is happy to take them in and even allow travel from Belarus for the once on the do not travel list. With the current geo-political scene in eastern Europe we can not allow the divides between Belarus and Russia to be repaired... we need to isolate Russia. So I motion to accept the deal with Belarus and move forward on isolating Russia.

Here is the deal:
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merlins
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Edgars Rinkēvičs
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia


Esteemed ministers,

We should not let ourselves to be fooled – the influence of Russia in Belarus is considerable and will not go away with some minor changes in the European policies towards Belarus. It should be noted that Belarus has already in the past attempted to balance between East and West merely for the purpose of maximizing its own gains.

The cooperation between Belarus and the European Union should therefore be based on stable and long-term commitments of Minsk in regards to democratization and respect for human rights and universal freedoms of its citizens.
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AllenKalashnikov

merlins
Jun 17 2014, 01:55 AM
Edgars Rinkēvičs
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia


Esteemed ministers,

We should not let ourselves to be fooled – the influence of Russia in Belarus is considerable and will not go away with some minor changes in the European policies towards Belarus. It should be noted that Belarus has already in the past attempted to balance between East and West merely for the purpose of maximizing its own gains.

The cooperation between Belarus and the European Union should therefore be based on stable and long-term commitments of Minsk in regards to democratization and respect for human rights and universal freedoms of its citizens.
Laurent Fabius
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development

I too do agree but we are not talking about the removal of all sanctions, this could be our stepping stone. If we don't act now we will lose Belarus completely.
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Peter Tempel

Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union
Brussels


We have called several times that before the discussions with Belarus needs to show some signs of reforms. We agree with our British and Latvian colleagues, its so one sided and we seem not to gain anything. what are we to gain from Belarus is the question we need to ask ?
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AllenKalashnikov

iceviking
Jun 17 2014, 09:55 AM
Peter Tempel

Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union
Brussels


We have called several times that before the discussions with Belarus needs to show some signs of reforms. We agree with our British and Latvian colleagues, its so one sided and we seem not to gain anything. what are we to gain from Belarus is the question we need to ask ?
Laurent Fabius
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development

A cooperative attitude, a stepping stone for future negotiations and the freedom of those prisoners.
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merlins
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Edgars Rinkēvičs
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia


It should be pointed out that the recognition of the separatist regions of Georgia, namely Abkhazia and South Ossetia, by the Government of Belarus is not compatible with the principles and current policies of the European Union. It also very clearly highlights that Minsk is playing merely a game on which side is going to provide the biggest perks.

Increased cooperation with Belarus is not an option at this time, but on the other side – there is no need to increase the sanction regime against it, particularly, taking into account the eased measures in 2013.
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Peter Tempel

Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union
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It seems that Belarus is trying to stir things up. Germany will not take part in talks whilst this is going on. We have key points that have not been met and whilst these not been even consider Berlin will refuse to talks with Minsk.
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Amsterdam echoes the statements made by Berlin.
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