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"Mr President, it is quite clear that cooperation with Russia is immensely important. At the same time, however, the kind of Russia with which we cooperate is equally important. As the rapporteur notes, our cooperation should be based on common values, but the fact is that Russia is moving ever further away from such values as democracy and civil liberties. Common values are therefore a goal rather than a reality, and both the Council and the Commission should do everything in their power to ensure that this goal is achieved.
The second point I should like to make is that the agreement signed in Moscow is a real step forward in the dialogue between the European Union and Russia. Amongst other things, it will make it possible for us to resolve local conflicts, such as those in Transnistria, Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. At the same time, however, no mention is made in this agreement of the Chechnya issue. This is absurd, as how can there be any question of forging a common policy with Russia or establishing a common area of freedom, security and justice if no reference is made to events in Chechnya? The same is true for energy policy, on the subject of which Mr Schmit said that there was a prospect of removing obstacles to energy cooperation. I should like to ask the Council and the Commission whether this means that they would be in favour of the Baltic pipeline. The latter would run along the bottom of the Baltic Sea, and could facilitate a diversification of energy sources for various EU Member States.
Thirdly, the success achieved by all of us will depend first and foremost upon the coherence of our common foreign and security policy, and the extent to which it takes into account the interests of all the 25 EU Member States. I would stress the word ‘all’, as we cannot afford to allow Russia to play off certain EU Member States against others. What kind of EU would we have then, and what kind of community?
My country, Poland, is essentially interested in cooperating closely with Russia. Yet for many years now, Russia has attempted to prove to the world, and to the European Union, that Poland is holding back dialogue between Russia and the West.
It should therefore be stated in plain terms that we are emphatically in favour of a pragmatic and coherent approach which involves working as partners, and which takes into account the interests of all the EU Member States."@en1
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