Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-01-Speech-3-109"

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dcterms:Date	"2004-12-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU-Russia Summit2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20041201.12.3-109"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-01-Speech-3-1102
lpv:speaker	lp:Bart Staes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Groen (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I too should first of all like to congratulate Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner. It is her first debate here and I look forward to good cooperation. I have listened carefully to what you said, Commissioner. You said that we have offered to help the Russians in the country’s reconstruction as soon as security is guaranteed. That, Commissioner, is putting the cart before the horse. That is not the right way of going about things. After all, we all know there is no peace in Chechnya, that a peace process is being imposed that has no support base and that human rights are being violated on a daily basis. We all know that the situation in Russia is extremely serious. I have gleaned this from the most recent book by Anna Politkovskaya, an independent journalist who writes in her new book ‘Putin’s Russia’ how in Russia, human rights are being violated on a daily basis, how the grip of central government on the press is being tightened every day and how the power of the KGB/FSB is increasing. We can all see that the situation is serious and that in Chechnya, a true peace process must be put in motion. That is where the European Union comes in. Indeed, we are next-door neighbours and we can play a role in that respect. Not by building houses over there, but by organising a true peace conference. That is why it surprises me that the Russians do not even want to get involved in talks with ordinary citizens, with representatives of the mothers of soldiers who are worried about the fate of their children, who are worried about peace and about human rights being observed, and who want to go and talk to representatives of the Maskhadov Government and Mr Zakayev. I am also surprised by the fact that the Russians are even putting governments, including the Belgian Government, under pressure to deny Mr Zakayev access to this country and to this Parliament. That is unacceptable. That is something we as MEPs cannot accept and against which we must protest. If an important group in this Parliament wants to organise a dialogue between mothers of soldiers and Mr Zakayev, then this should be covered by parliamentary immunity; if not, Belgium is not worthy of retaining the seat of the European Parliament here in Brussels."@en1

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