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"Mr President, Mr Solana, I believe that we can establish a link, not only a philosophical link but also a political one between the problem in the Middle East, Iraq and Chechnya and the role of Europe. I think that our role is to be clear-headed and to state the truth. Mr Wurtz is right in saying that twenty years ago we condemned, twenty years ago we …We say this to the Israelis. That is right and it is true. And to the Palestinians we must say: twenty years ago, we said you must acknowledge not only the State of Israel but also that there would be no mass return of Palestinians to that State of Israel. Both these things are true. If we want to give some hope to the Israeli population, we must eradicate the fear. They fear the attacks, the fatal, suicide attacks, which above all mean that those who carry out these attacks do not recognise the State of Israel. The Palestinians fear occupation by the Israeli army. The two things are very closely related.
And then in Iraq, the truth is straightforward. We say that Iraq must recognise the UN resolutions, in other words, all weapons, if they exist that is – and I know nothing about that, I had never been an inspector, nor have you, nor have any of us, no one here in fact – must be destroyed after they have been inspected. The way in which Saddam Hussein conducts politics and has conducted politics in the past is a danger to other nations. Therefore, we must also call for weapons inspectors and for non-governmental organisations to be allowed in to inspect the democratic situation and the relationship between the Iraqi people and Saddam Hussein.
The same applies to Russia and Chechnya. It is quite incredible that Russian women and children were indeed taken hostage, and we condemn this. It is even more incredible that Mr Putin then took the hostages hostage, failing to say how they were, which gases were to be used, and failed to communicate the information at his disposal to the families. It is equally incredible that the entire Chechen population can be taken hostage by a former KGB man who is acting as if the Bolsheviks and Communists were still in power, as a KGB agent, in other words.
Europe must condemn the attacks, Europe must take part in anti-terrorist actions and Europe must say no to all totalitarian impulses, even if a power such as Russia is involved. The Duma voted in favour of restricting the right to information which is tantamount to restricting democracy. If Europe remains silent in the face of Putin’s actions, then Europe will not have had the insight or the strength to safeguard democracy."@en1
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