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"en.20120418.18.3-187-000"2
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"Madam President, Azerbaijan is an important country for Europe and the European Union, not just because of energy policy – although this is also very definitely the case, and the esteemed previous speaker has spoken about this – but it is also an important country from a geostrategic point of view. In other words, it is no secret that Russia is currently rebuilding its area of influence. Azerbaijan was formerly part of the Soviet Union, and if we do not want a kind of revival of the Russian Empire, we need to be active in the Southern Caucasus. Of course, the United States also wields an influence in the region, as do Iran and Turkey, but Europe must not be passive here. The closer the political and economic cooperation of the region with the European Union, the better – and I stress that it should be political cooperation and that it should include Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan has made progress on human rights, although I have to make clear that we should not impose 100% European standards on this region or other regions of the world, because it will turn out that this is, in fact, asking too much."@en1
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