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"Madam President, let me begin by offering my sincere apologies to Mr Posselt for my inadvertent error. I hope he did not take it personally. In answer to his question, we are extremely vigilant, as I said in my initial remarks, on the exercise of religious freedom in Turkey, as in other countries, and on the guarantees given by national authorities, especially with regard to minorities.
In Turkey, as in some other countries, the minorities happen to be Christian, and, as Mr Posselt indicated, we are particularly watchful in these instances. The case of the Mor Gabriel monastery is pending, and we shall have to await the judgment regarding that monastery.
As far as our dialogues with the Turkish authorities are concerned, as part of the negotiations on what we call the revised Accession Partnership for Turkey, it is very clear that everything relating to fundamental freedoms, to religious freedom, and to the need to take the measures required to establish a climate of tolerance in which full respect for religious freedom can be guaranteed, has been raised and is at the heart of our dialogue with the Turkish authorities. I should like to reaffirm that, Mr Posselt."@en1
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