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"en.19991029.4.5-053"2
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"Mr President, I am taking the floor in order to lend my support to the fisheries agreement between the European Union and Angola. I am doing so for economic reasons, which have already been explained by several speakers in this Chamber but, as in yesterday’s debate on the fisheries agreement between the European Union and Morocco, also in order to help a country that is rich in natural resources, but which remains poor due to its political situation, and particularly its on-going civil war. This is why I think it important to see this agreement, in addition to the economic benefits that it brings to one of our country’s industries, also as assisting the development of an economic sector, as well as the consolidation of peace in Angola.
We agree that we must be vigilant in the way this agreement is implemented, specifically in the way funds are spent. Vigilance is also necessary in order to ensure the preservation of species and the sustainability of fishing. However, we would like to point out, Mr President, that although the words exploitation and cooperation have the same ending, there is quite a difference between them; cooperation means both parties cooperating when they are in agreement, and we do not believe that Angola sees any kind of exploitation in this agreement, otherwise they would not have renewed it the day after it expired."@en1
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