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"Mr President, I support all the statements made on this resolution by other Members, and as the rapporteur appointed by the Committee on External Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy to inform Parliament on a possible association agreement with Belarus, I would like to say that I am in no way satisfied with the progress of that country. The visits that we have made with Mr Wiersma, Mr Sacrédeus, Mrs Schröder and other Members to gauge the situation have shown that in Belarus society there is a vast majority and wide range of social, political, cultural and professional forces in favour of democracy and the values of Western Europe, with strong desires to move their position towards the European Union.
I therefore think that we have a twofold commitment or challenge with Belarus: on the one hand, to strengthen relations and help the democratic transition to take place quickly and urgently, and on the other hand, to make the necessary diplomatic efforts so that this position of transition towards democracy can also be brought to the fore in Russia and elsewhere.
As has already been said, what happened with the OSCE mission is unacceptable. The work done by the former Head of the Mission, Ambassador Hans-Georg Wieck, and by the subsequent heads, has been commendable, and we should therefore continue to exert considerable pressure so that work continues along those lines.
Our Group therefore supports this position, in agreement with all of the democratic opposition forces I mentioned, who want a different Belarus."@en1
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