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"Mr President, I would first like to thank Mrs Quisthoudt-Rowohl for her fine report. I think that you covered all the essential points. I would just like to confirm that a very important aspect of this agreement is that of mutual interest, unlike in other agreements, such as TACIS, which are unilateral assistance projects
As far as women are concerned, we agree entirely with the Commission’s report of February 1999 on Women and Science, and we will ensure that we encourage the presence of women in the fifth framework programme.
Finally, you rightly spoke of the issue of private companies, and we also feel, as you do, that the presence of companies in the project for collaboration is a central element for the whole framework-programme and which is particularly important in this kind of agreement. Of course there is also the question of the summary document on the different points that have already been made in terms of information. I believe that you have already received a series of particular items of information, but I shall shortly be sending you a summary document, which will give an overview.
As for the more specific question on nuclear power and Mr Lamy, you know, as Mrs Maes alluded to it, that Mr Lamy has today sent a letter to the Chairman of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, Mr Westendorp, in which he sums up the situation and in which he says quite clearly, and I am answering Mrs Maes at the same time, that we do not yet have the official confirmation from Russia which we need in order to proceed to the signing of the decision of 12 December 1994. Thus, as far as the answer that Mr Lamy has just given you is concerned, it is the Russians who are holding up this agreement.
I would also like to tell other speakers that electronic resources, both for information and for communication, are heavily used by researchers, and that they already use them as much as they can. This use must obviously be developed even further. This will moreover contribute to a greater exchange of information and of developments in common.
More fundamentally, as far as the political issue that has been raised over Chechnya is concerned, I obviously share your questions and your distress, but the question is this: until now, the European Union has neither suspended nor curtailed its diplomatic relations with Russia, because we feel that we must always maintain channels for dialogue with Russia in order to get our messages across, including those which express our concern about what is happening in Chechnya. I would, moreover, like to remind you that the Union, through the Finnish Presidency, informed the Russian Government and its Prime Minister, Mr Putin, of its deep concern, at the European Union-Russia summit of 22 October 1999.
This is why, in this matter, whilst sharing Parliament’s concerns about the gravity of the situation in Chechnya, neither do I think, and I fully understand your position on this matter, that this agreement is the best way to show our concerns and our questions about what is happening.
Like all of you, I have been affected by the events that have taken place. I think that this agreement is of great importance for dialogue and for the promotion of cooperation in the area of technological research and development. This agreement is therefore a positive thing. It has been questioned, but we think that it will be a positive step in our relations with Russian researchers, and from there, towards the construction of the best possible area of freedom and trade."@en1
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