### Question
What does eligible country mean?


### Answer
**Eligible country** has the following meaning in *20 U.S.C. § 5951*:

> a Central European country, an Eastern European country, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and any country that formerly was a republic of the Soviet Union whose political independence is recognized in the United States

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 5951*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 68-NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM > SUBCHAPTER VI-INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM**

