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"Ladies and gentlemen, resolving the issue of visa facilitation and readmission is an important task that would promote the consolidation of common values. Both the debate and the answers given by the Commission and the Council show, however, that in truth nothing has been achieved in discussions with Russia
neither a registration procedure nor a simplification of the invitation system. That has been left to rely on Russia’s goodwill. It is not clear why Russia has been given a transition period for the readmission of persons from third countries. Our report of May 2005 on relations between the European Union and Russia stressed that the European Parliament was repeating its call on Russia to ratify the border agreement with Estonia and to sign and ratify the border agreement with Latvia without delay. I believe that the demarcation of borders and the conclusion of a readmission agreement are preconditions for the signing of a visa facilitation agreement. In this respect Russia has not displayed any initiative, but has just dictated its conditions to both countries. Since Parliament has been placed in a totally humiliating position, we believe that it is not possible to support these agreements — a lot of serious work still remains to be done on them."@en1
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