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"Mr President, first of all I want to thank the Presidency of the Council for their well-prepared programme for the next six months. I should, however, like to make a few recommendations. Firstly, it is true that enlargement of the European Union with ten new Member States has made it even stronger globally than ever before and particularly as regards such matters as trade policy and coordination of development. Therefore we expect that when leading and possibly completing negotiations on Russia's admission to the World Trade Organisation, the Dutch Presidency will be successful in getting Russia to lift its discriminatory tariff policy on transit cargo, in particular by rail, which Russia continues to impose on the European Union Member State, Latvia. Secondly, the Presidency's wish to ensure the safety of energy supplies in a liberalised market is commendable, therefore the Council wishes to intensify talks with Russia on the compatibility of electricity and natural gas pipelines. One should, however, bear in mind that Latvia has experience in cooperating with Russia regarding energy supplies – unfortunately Russia does not always operate according to market principles. Thirdly, the Dutch Government justifiably refers to its wealth of experience in matters of human rights as Chair of the OSCE. In your opinion that would allow you to carry on negotiations with Russia and tackle conflict situations. We should, however, like to inform you that despite Latvia having met all of the OSCE's recommendations, this does not prevent Russia from continuing to exert pressure on Latvia and Estonia supposedly on matters of human rights, but for an entirely different purpose – to legalise the consequences of occupation. Be vigilant in your work and I wish the Dutch Presidency every success."@en1
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