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Baltic, Benelux foreign ministers call for Belarus dialogue
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 02 - 10 - 2008


Foreign ministers of the three Baltic nations
and the Benelux countries concluded a two-day mini-summit in Estonia
on Thursday with a call for continued dialogue with Belarus.
"We touched upon the latest developments in Belarus following the
elections there and we discussed the future of our dialogue given the
positive developments, such as the release of political prisoners and
the green light granted to OSCE observers to monitor the elections,"
Latvian Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins told Deutsche Presse-Agentur
dpa.
However, Riekstins also noted that question marks remain about the
September 28 election in which opposition parties failed to win a
single seat in the Belarussian parliament.
"There were still a number of reports indicating that Belarus has
some way to go in order to achieve European standards. I would assume
we will have this on the agenda at the next meeting of EU foreign
ministers," Riekstins said.
"There was unanimity regarding the necessity for seeing how we can
develop a dialogue with Belarus. There was a willingness to move
forward on this matter."
Riekstins confirmed that other matters discussed included the
situation in Georgia and the global financial crisis.
On the deployment of EU monitors in Georgia, the minister said he
"wouldn't be pessimistic about the future of the mission despite
mixed reports from the ground."
Discussing Europe's response to turmoil in the financial markets,
Riekstins said there was "a very clear view" among the six ministers.
"We have to deal with the financial crisis in Europe using all
existing European structures and working together, not by creating
some kind of all-pervasive new body in addition to existing
structures," he said.


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