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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EC-Russia summit in Helsinki2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991027.7.3-198"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-27-Speech-3-1992
lpv:speaker	lp:Paavo Väyrynen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; ELDR (1999-07-20--2002-03-06)3 substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, with the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union, the West began from the principle that the Russian Federation would be given unreserved support for her regional unity. Presumably, the Russian leaders also received some sort of promise regarding this when they were making their contribution to the peaceful dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union. This has also been the West’s common position in its attitude to events in Chechnya. The Russian leadership, however, apparently fears it is losing those regions whose population is mainly made up of ethnic and religious minorities. Military withdrawal from Chechnya was seen as a dangerous precedent. The events of Dagestan gave cause to presume that the disease is spreading. The Russian leadership’s worry concerning their country’s regional unity is doubtless well-founded. They should, however, realise that a country’s sovereignty cannot be secured through military force. The only realistic way forward is for the minority peoples living in the southern parts of Russia to be satisfied with their circumstances and feel that belonging to the Russian Federation benefits them. Military might is necessary, but it should be used only to keep terrorism under control. The West must clearly condemn the excessive use of military force in Chechnya – more clearly than what was the case at the Helsinki Summit meeting. We must influence the Russian government so that it would try to solve its country’s internal problems both through political means and by promoting economic and social development. EU and Western credibility and capacity for action generally is unfortunately made weaker in this matter by the recent war waged in Yugoslavia on humanitarian grounds."@en1

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