Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-02-Speech-3-132"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU/FYROM Agreement2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010502.9.3-132"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-02-Speech-3-1332
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 member; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2000-10-05--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Saturday’s bloody border incident is a serious setback for those forces in Macedonian society which advocate peaceful, ethnic coexistence within a Macedonian state. The ethnic disturbances in the city of Bitola are further proof of this. At the same time, this violent clash between Albanian guerrilla fighters and a Macedonian elite patrol raises fresh questions concerning the effectiveness of the international military presence on both sides of the Kosovar-Macedonian border. First of all, where were the KFOR units at the time of Saturday’s confrontation, which was very intense indeed. I would appreciate it if both the Council and Commission could shed some light on this. In the final analysis, rapporteur Swoboda has not for nothing highlighted the KFOR’s essential contribution to the pacification in the border region between Kosovo and Macedonia. I have a second question for the Council and Commission: there is an apparent lack of communication between KFOR contingents which are based on Kosovar and Macedonian border territory. I am not expecting a direct reply, but I do hope that both European institutions will address this elementary pacification condition with the seriousness it deserves. Finally, it is recommended, in sound consultation and close cooperation with the Macedonian and Serbian authorities, for the KFOR to deploy extremely tight border control with neighbouring Kosovo. It is precisely this assistance, as rapporteur Swoboda pointed out with good reason, which benefits the stabilisation and association process in the entire region of the western Balkans."@en1

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