Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-22-Speech-3-133"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Forthcoming EU-Russian summit, including the situation in Chechnya (6 November 2003)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031022.6.3-133"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-22-Speech-3-1342
lpv:speaker	lp:Bart Staes2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Anders gaan arbeiden, leven en vrijen (2002-09-23--2004-01-05)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this is somewhat earlier than expected, for which I am grateful to you. Ladies and gentlemen, I should like to express my gratitude but also my disappointment in respect of the Italian Presidency. My gratitude is for the fact that the Foreign Affairs Minister has mentioned the name of Arjan Erkel without prompting. He clearly stated that he will urge the Russians to take additional steps to bring about the release of Mr Erkel, a humanitarian aid worker who has disappeared, having been abducted over a year ago. This is a message of hope, Mr Frattini; his relatives are pleased about it, and so is the organisation ‘Médecins sans Frontières’. I hope that you will certainly bring this up for discussion on 28 October in your meetings with Mr Ivanov. I have, however, to give voice to some disappointment too, Mr Berlusconi. This is a statement by the Council and the Commission. I have listened very carefully to Mr Patten, who made very pertinent statements about the situation in Chechnya and about the elections in that country. Mr Frattini, you only stated – and I made a note of it – that you will express your concern about the human rights situation in Chechnya. The issues involved are much worse, though. As Mr Patten quite categorically stated, those elections were not real elections. They were a sham, a farce. Those elections were not conducted in accordance with international standards, and the hope we shared with our ad hoc delegation when we returned, when we saw that a political process had indeed been put in motion, has now all but evaporated. Peace will not return to Chechnya unless all factions, all clans, within the Chechen population are involved in a real peace process, in a real dialogue. Peace will not return to Chechnya unless the Russian Government is prepared to talk and enter into dialogue with the rebels, the freedom fighters. This is why I want to come back to our resolution of July, in which the express request was made for the European Union to play a significant role, with a peace conference held under its aegis, because an external player is required to ensure that the Russians and Chechens enter into real dialogue. Mr President, I would like to thank you for the extra time you have given me."@en1

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