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"Madam President, in the name of Vice-President/High Representative Ashton, I would like to thank you for your interest and engagement in EU relations with Belarus.
EU policy aims to remain engaged with the country and its people. The European Union will firstly continue to provide support, both political and financial, to civil society, which is at the forefront of the vital work to secure a democracy, basic rights and freedoms in the country.
Secondly, we will provide political – and, if necessary, financial – support to the victims of the repression. We cannot leave them alone in a situation where their only hope for release and rehabilitation would be international support.
Thirdly, we will keep targeting the restrictive measures, thereby reinforcing the political message that we are sending to the Belarusian authorities.
We are not interested in harming the Belarusian people. We aim to target the people who are responsible for repression. It is very clear from this debate that we all believe that the future of Belarus is in the hands of the Belarusian people.
They should have a fair chance to take these decisions and, unfortunately today, this is not the case. This is why the EU should continue to engage, and I understand some of the decisions taken will always be discussed in this House. But I believe basically that, as I have heard from this debate, the High Representative/Vice-President’s line is very much supported by Parliament, and we will follow your resolution to be adopted tomorrow very closely."@en1
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