[23.02.09] ”A European Alternative for Belarus”
The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs [NUPI] has the pleasure of inviting you to the seminar
”A European Alternative for Belarus”
Mr. Aleksander Kwasniewski, former President of Poland
09.00–12.00
Mr. Kwasniewski will present the report, A European Alternative for Belarus , produced by the Belarus Task Force of the International Centre for Democratic Transition.
Professor Janne Haaland Matlary, Norwegian member of the ICDT Belarus Task Force, will comment on the report and its findings.
Due to its internal domestic political circumstances, Belarus has been excluded from various European institutions and international organisations and has become an isolated quasi-pariah state. Belarus has become Europe’s forgotten country, a nation which is left out of the universally beneficial process of cooperation in an increasingly prosperous and integrated Europe. More recently, however, there is a significantly increased willingness for cooperation on the side of both the government in Minsk and Western governments. In late 2007, the Belarus Task Force was formed to help further this process with a thorough analysis of the situation and some specific recommendations.
Mr. Aleksander Kwasniewski , is chairman of the Belarus Task Force and former President of Poland (1995–2005).