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"Mr President, once again we are discussing the situation in Chechnya. In the last few days the Commission and the Member States have held several meetings with their Russian counterparts: the ministerial troika with Mr Putin and Mr Ivanov on 7 April in Moscow, and the Cooperation Council with Russia, last Monday in Luxembourg.
During these discussions, we have reiterated our main demands: cease-fire and political dialogue, access for, and presence of, international and humanitarian organisations, and independent inquiries into any human rights violations. All these demands are also in the European Parliament’s resolution and the recommendation from the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly.
As the European Parliament has emphasised, the Russian authorities have failed to respond satisfactorily to these requests. All that can be said is that Mr Ivanov finally accepted the European Union and ECHO embassies at the last Cooperation Council.
Recent discussions in the Council of Europe, the Committee on Human Rights in Geneva and this Parliament reflect growing concern amongst the European public. For our part, we support the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, Mary Robinson’s request to Russia to set up a broad independent committee of inquiry into any violations of human rights, based on recognised international criteria. Last Monday’s General Affairs Council stressed the importance of maintaining an open and frank dialogue, including on this subject, with the Russian authorities.
We think Russia should pursue implementation of the partnership agreement in terms of its elements – I do mean all its elements – and provide more concrete results than we have at this stage."@en1
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