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"Mr President, despite our pleasure over the reforms that have already been introduced, we need to face up to some more unpleasant realities. For example, many political prisoners have not been released and, although the opposition leader has entered parliament, this does not change the fact that the regime has committed serious violations of human rights. Her brilliant election victory and the frenetic enthusiasm of her followers are likely to give rise to resentment among many of the supporters of the military regime. A lot will depend on whether the gradual, joint transition processes that have been agreed upon go according to plan, on what is being done to enable people to come to terms with the past, and on whether political change will bring with it a more open economy.
Despite the fact that Burma certainly still has a long way to go before it becomes a fully functioning democracy, the indications that we have seen so far are positive and should be acknowledged by the West and by the EU. We support a gradual lifting of sanctions which takes into consideration the progress made towards reform. However, in my opinion, that should not apply to the arms embargo. Only if the new policy of openness is followed by positive changes to the economy and if the living conditions of the people genuinely improve can we assume that the risk of a return to a military dictatorship has really been averted."@en1
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