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Central Asia: European Parliament drafts resolution on Central Asia

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 @ 07:25 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

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Topics:: Development, International Relations, Politics

Adam Kesher reviews the European Parliament’s draft resolution on the EU Strategy in Central Asia, which was adopted last summer emphasising that EU aid and cooperation must build on concrete benchmarks for each country developed within the framework of future dialogues on human rights and democracy.

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