Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-20-Speech-3-219"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-11-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of EU-Russia summit2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021120.5.3-219"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-20-Speech-3-2202
lpv:speaker	lp:Paavo Väyrynen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; ELDR (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Russia is of interest to us and is a partner that presents challenges. For some reason, when we give our opinions we often stress in particular Russia’s various problems instead of concentrating on its positive achievements and the potential that exists in future cooperation. Many things are obviously better in the Union but we also have problems Russian Members of Parliament could seize on if they so wished. To their credit, they do not. I do not mean that we should keep silent, for example, about environmental problems, lack of democracy or human rights violations in Russia. It is a matter of how we weigh things and how we handle them. Right now it is important for us to discuss the effects EU enlargement will have on cooperation between the EU and Russia. We have been able to resolve problems to do with Kaliningrad’s status but there is still much work to be done. In this regard the ball is very much in Moscow’s court. We need them to be unbiased in their approach to implementing changes in Kaliningrad so that there is investment there coming from the rest of Russia and abroad too. Now that the border between the EU and Russia is to lengthen we must make renewed efforts to develop northwestern Russia and boost cooperation in the border regions. The Union must make a more serious effort than it has until now to engage in programmes of cooperation in the Barents Sea and Baltic Sea regions and furthermore direct substantial economic resources at those areas. Another question of current importance is the development of cooperation in the area of energy. That would enable us on the one hand to help Russia develop its energy economy and protect its environment and, on the other, safeguard our own energy economy. It is in this spirit that progress must be made in the area of cooperation."@en1

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