BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

13/03/2009

EU split over Belarus sanctions, diplomats say

Author : DPA

Brussels - The European Union was on Friday split over the question of whether or not to renew sanctions against Belarus, six months after it froze them, EU diplomats said. The row comes as the bloc is pushing to increase its influence in the former Soviet Union to counter Moscow's growing assertiveness in the region.

The EU imposed visa bans and froze the assets of top Belarusian regime members in 2006. In October, shortly after August's war between Russia and Georgia, EU foreign ministers decided to suspend the sanctions for six months in a bid to woo Minsk towards a more pro-Western and pro-democracy course.

On Monday, the ministers are set to debate whether they should keep the sanctions suspended or bring them back into effect.

EU diplomats told Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Source:

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/259795,eu-split-over-belarus-sanctions-diplomats-say.html

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