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"As has already become apparent from this debate, there are two trends that can be observed in Kyrgyzstan, and indeed throughout Central Asia. The first of these is a deterioration in the political situation and an erosion of human rights and civil liberties. The second is the growing strategic importance of the area as a whole, a far from negligible cause of which is the energy resources located in countries such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
As I only have one minute to speak, I should like to focus briefly on two areas where assistance should be provided by the European Union. There can be no question that the first of these is support for human rights, civil liberties, the electoral process in Kyrgyzstan and civil society.
The second area, and one that has not attracted so much attention in this House, is support for regional cooperation, or in other words for the Central Asian states in their fight against terrorism and drug smuggling, and in energy cooperation and water resource use, for example. Both Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan possess energy resources, and there are considerable water resources in Kyrgyzstan. To put it another way, I should like to know in what way the Commission believes that it and the European Union can support this regional cooperation."@en1
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