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"Mr President, as so often in this Chamber and its like, we have wrestled with the escalation of conflict in the Middle East through the emergence of proxy war. Now, with the Russian intervention in Syria and the potential for a clash in its airspace, we face the danger of the biggest proxy war of all.
Little did we think, in debating the possible setting up of a no-fly zone, that the planes that could be shot down would be big jets from Moscow. Little did we think, in debating how to combat the problem of foreign fighters, that they could be so-called volunteers in uniforms with or without the insignia of the Russian army. Everyone involved in the Iran talks says that Russia undertook a constructive role in spite of the disagreement over Ukraine. Everyone involved in the Syria crisis believes that Iranian and Russian interests must be made to be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.
I went to Tehran with the Committee on Foreign Affairs in connection with the nuclear talks and I have taken on the rapporteurship on Iran because I believe in the power of diplomacy. However difficult it might seem, that must today apply to Russia too. Some will say that this week’s dramatic events risk simply exposing Europe’s powerlessness. Today we have to say that bold diplomacy could be a sign of strength, not of weakness, just as much as the dropping of bombs – and, I think, more so.
Today this Parliament must call for Europe to engage in that bold diplomacy and, in doing so, call on others to respond in kind.
What are the fundamental principles that must guide our action? That there must be a political transition in Syria to end the situation as it is today, but not to return to the one as it was yesterday; that there is less, rather than more, consensus over an alternative future and that this should urgently inform our discussions; that an imperfect and painful political solution, which genuinely sought to be inclusive, was ultimately possible in Iraq and can be in Syria too; that there is no purely military solution to this war; that there is a common foe in terrorism – so let us have an honest debate on how it can be combatted and genuine common efforts to do so; and that civilians are being endangered, when all efforts should be towards their protection.
My party supports the creation of humanitarian safe havens …"@en1
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