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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, my group shares the rapporteur's opinion that it is of the utmost importance for both the EU and China to strengthen relations between themselves. The EU can help a country such as China, with a population of 1 250 million and the world's seventh largest GDP, find its niche in the international community in terms of political, economic, social and cultural relations. China's accession to the World Trade Organisation last November in Doha is of crucial importance. It is now impossible for China to pursue political goals with economic sanctions, as it did before. Accordingly, economic sanctions, such as those directed against the Netherlands as President of the EU in 1997 because it drafted a UN resolution about the human rights situation in China, are now a thing of the past. China will need to observe the letter and spirit of the regulations of the World Trade Organisation. As chairman of the Interparliamentary Delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China, I should like to underline that the European Parliament can play quite a substantial role. In addition to the various summit meetings at government and official level, an open and transparent political dialogue between the European Parliament and the National People's Congress can help further develop democracy and respect for human rights in China.
The human rights situation in China has greatly deteriorated in the past year. The increasing number of political executions spring to mind, as well as the ban on the Falun Gong movement and the recent escape of the Tibetan Karmapa Lama to India. China must unconditionally observe the UN Treaty concerning civil and political rights which, after all, it signed itself. Actual steps must be taken in order to ensure that this is done.
The European Parliament will continue to insist on democratisation and the observance of human rights in China and will also continue to devote attention to the problems involving Taiwan and Tibet. A remarkable result was achieved two weeks ago during our dialogue with a delegation from the parliament of the Tibetan Autonomic Region in Brussels. A pledge was made on this occasion that the Red Cross will be allowed to visit prisons and work camps in Tibet. We welcome this with open arms and hope that this will actually be done. In June, the China delegation will be visiting China and Tibet. In this way, the European Parliament will be able to do its bit towards further strengthening relations with China, for we can learn a great deal from each other."@en1
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