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TRADING While the EU and Belarus signed a Partnership And Co-operation Agreement (PCA) in 1995 , the Council Of Europe said in 1997 that ''"the EC and their Member States will conclude neither the interim agreement nor the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement"'' because of the political situation in Belarus. Though the Council did not expand on what is causing the deteriorating political situation, Belarus has been accused of Human Rights violations and for having very unfree and unfair elections. Even with the negation of the PCA, there was an agreement signed by the EU and the Soviet Union in 1989 and there is a discussion on if a special trade status with Belarus, called the Generalised System Of Preferences , should be suspended. The suspension of the GSP comes in response to Belarus violating the constitutional right of freedom of association (assembly). MEMBERSHIP Belarus has not stated publicly that they seek out EU membership, but former Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius state in 2003 that Belarus despretly needs membership in order to ''"get out of the swamp."'' Kubilius also said that he hoped that with Lithuania being members of the EU and NATO could help suppply aid to Belarus. REFERENCES |
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