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"Mr President, I was in agreement with what the previous speaker said – until he got to his last sentence. If, after discussions, it is agreed that our plenary sittings are held in Strasbourg, then that is where they are held, and I love this city; it is a beautiful place. One day, perhaps, we will come to an agreement with the French Government enabling us to have all our plenary sittings in Brussels, but as long as the treaty stands as it is, the present situation is not up for discussion. We should spell it out to the North Koreans that their activities are a menace to the whole security setting in the Far East. South Korea feels itself under threat, and so do Japan and Taiwan, and it is this whole regional security aspect that I think we have to focus on. We must make the attempt to persuade our Chinese friends to use their influence. They may well constantly maintain that they have none, but I believe that to be a diplomatic ploy. Quite apart from any talk about stopping building programmes, the reality is that the only country that can get the North Korean Government to return to the six-party talks is the People’s Republic of China, with the Chinese Communist Party. We have to make it plain to the Chinese that it is in their own interests that the security setting in the Far East should not be disrupted. We also have to bring it home to China that, although we do accept its role in Asia, we do so only if it discharges its responsibilities in a constructive way. Let us then try to get our Chinese friends to make a to North Korea."@en1
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