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  • "It is a positive [development] that the states of the Central and East European region are prepared to acknowledge and attempt to deal with the issue, because this shows a maturing on their part that is not frequently enough acknowledged by their peers elsewhere in Europe and around the world," said Eamonn Butler, professor of Central and Eastern European studies at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

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