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February 27 – March 5, 2017

Minsk to use Tbilisi’s assistance to preserve dynamics in Belarusian-European normalisation

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Last week, President Lukashenka held tet-a-tet talks with Georgia President Giorgi Margvelashvili and an expanded meeting with all delegation members. Minsk is attempting to improve political contacts with Tbilisi; it regards Georgia as an advocate in the Belarusian-European normalisation, which is beginning to stagnate. In exchange, Minsk once again assured Tbilisi of its readiness to provide access to the EEU market for Georgian products. Domestically, the meeting between the Belarusian and Georgian presidents should have blended the negative background of the president’s failed trip to Sochi.

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