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"en.20061025.23.3-242"2
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"Mr President, South Ossetia is one of those extremely vexing ‘frozen’ conflicts, and I remember being occupied with it myself when I, Madam President-in-Office, was sitting exactly where you are sitting now, fully five years ago.
But that frozen conflict is now in danger of becoming a hot conflict. There is an urgent need to calm things down, and my group backs the appeal to both Russia and Georgia to soften their language and their actions. What has been done to Georgian citizens is wholly unacceptable, as is, of course, Russia’s decision to cut all communications with Georgia.
That President Putin has warned of the danger of bloodshed in the presence of Mr Vanhanen, President-in-Office of the Council, and Mr Barroso, President of the Commission, must have been deeply embarrassing and is, in any case, totally unacceptable; so is the fact that Russia continues to issue passports to South Ossetians. That Georgia has threatened to resort to violence is also unacceptable.
If the EU is serious about this matter, then it should be prepared to replace the Russian peacekeepers if that becomes necessary. This is no light commitment and it should be weighed up very seriously. But first let us use all the multilateral and European peace mechanisms that are in place."@en1
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