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". – The situation of women in Saudi Arabia is a matter of very considerable concern. The European Union has raised this issue on a number of occasions in the context of the overall human rights situation in Saudi Arabia. We have done this through
we have done this in political dialogue and we have done this in statements on human rights policy. For some years an exchange of views on human rights has taken place between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, including Saudi Arabia. The situation of women has been raised by the European Union in the context of the European Union-Gulf Cooperation Council political dialogue.
The issue has also been raised by the Commission in the negotiations on a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council countries in which an article on human rights and democratic principles will be included. Moreover, the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia has been raised by the European Union in the UN Commission on Human Rights. Last year this led to some modest but positive steps by Saudi Arabia, to which I can return if the honourable Member would like. I hope that these relatively positive signals in the area of human rights which we have seen from Saudi Arabia in the last year will be followed by positive actions in Saudi legislation, but I have to say that having read, for example, the report by Amnesty International and other reports on the situation I can well understand why the honourable Member has tabled this question."@en1
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