Sweden doesn’t see progress in Belarus

Cecilia Malmström, Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs and Swedish representative in the European Commission from 2010, holds this view.

As Cecilia Malmström thinks, the EU’s policy towards Belarus should demonstrate strong adherence to respect for human rights in the country.

As Radio Svaboda writes in the article Last Dictatorship of Europe, Cecilia Malmström shares her impressions from an Internet project carried out by Ostgruppen NGO titled “12 Belarusian experts about 12 EU recommendations”.

As Cecilia Malmström writes that after she had listened to famous Belarusians, she felt the events in Belarus were “close to her heart”.

“The people struggling for human rights and democratic freedoms in this country are worthy of respect,” the Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs and future Swedish representative in the European Commission thinks. “The EU provides a clear course on freedom, democracy, and human rights in Belarusian society, but unfortunately, Europe sees neither progress in this direction nor the development that wouldn’t damage human rights in Belarus.”

“The Swedish Government and EU will continue to keep an eye on events in Belarus,” Cecilia Malmström writes in her blog.