The EU has commenced a new, pragmatic stage of relations with Belarus: in February, Javier Solana met Alexander Lukashenka; now, the Belarusian president has been invited to a summit in Prague. Economic factors and the EU’s fear of “losing” Belarus to Moscow are likely to be the foremost reasons for the change of tack.
Vytis Jurkonis
is head of Civil Society Development and the Cooperation Division at Eastern European Studies Centre (EESC) www.eesc.lt
