Relacje białorusko-unijne w latach 2011–2013: od eskalacji konfliktu do polityki krytycznego zaangażowania
Relationships between Belarus and the EU in 2011–2013: from a conflict escalation to a policy of critical involvement

Summary/Abstract: Following presidential elections in Belarus in 2010, relationships between Belarus and the EU entered a phase of an acute political conflict. The EU imposed visa and economic sanctions on Belarus. The EU also suspended Belarusian participation in the Eastern Partnership programme. The conflict escalated further at the beginning of 2012 when the EU ambassadors left Belarus. In successive months the EU moved to a policy of critical involvement in Belarus, manifested as maintaining contacts with the regime at a technical level. In the second half of 2013 the mutual relationships improved slightly. The Eastern Partnership summit organised in 2013 did not result in a significant breakthrough in relations between Brussels and Minsk.

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