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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I cannot answer all your questions, since, as I have already explained, the precise political, military policy and military parameters that will underpin the Council’s final decision are being worked out as we speak, and I am very grateful to Mr Kuhne for mentioning in this context that it is necessary for the appropriate basis for decision making to be worked out at this stage.
I am very grateful to Mr Morillon for specifically mentioning that too.
I can only repeat what I have already said. I believe that it is the responsibility of the European Union to make a meaningful contribution to the democratic process in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We need to be clear that, of the broad range of options open to us, the deployment of military troops needs to be considered alongside other types of intervention for assisting democratic development, such as development cooperation and assistance in establishing the rule of law and democratic processes and in protecting human rights.
This is a responsibility borne by the European Union and one that the Council is fulfilling.
Mr von Wogau asked what the government had actually said. In my first statement I said that very clear comments had been made by the President and the two Vice-Presidents, and I might perhaps quote just one paragraph from the press release issued following Monday’s Defence Council:
‘During its meeting held on Monday 20 March, chaired by the Head of State, his Excellency Mr Joseph Kabila’.
The Head of State is the chair of this body.
‘The Supreme Defence Council examined, among other points, the question of a European military contingent being formed at the request of the United Nations’.
The Council then came to this conclusion:
‘Anxious to strengthen the security arrangements for the electoral process, the Supreme Council recommended, in the light of a report presented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, that the initiative to deploy these European Special Forces be supported’.
So that is a clear statement, and there are no grounds for questioning it. Also, the comments made regarding doubts about the advisability of the mission were also once again mentioned in this press release.
‘It should be emphasised that this contingent will mainly act as a deterrent’."@en1
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