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dcterms:Date	"2002-11-20"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20021120.5.3-221"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-20-Speech-3-2222
lpv:speaker	lp:Bart Staes2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Anders gaan arbeiden, leven en vrijen (2002-09-23--2004-01-05)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to make four comments. The first one is about Kaliningrad. I believe that enormous efforts have been made in this regard in recent months. The Commission and the Council had meetings with Mr Rogosin, the presidential envoy, and with Minister Rasov. At the instigation of our President, Mr Pat Cox, they also had parliamentary support at two meetings with our Polish, Lithuanian and Russian colleagues. I believe that we can be satisfied with this and my group is satisfied with the result achieved. Secondly, Chechnya. Yes, it is clear that the events in the Dubrovka Theatre must of course be condemned, and as Chair of the Russia delegation that is what I immediately conveyed to Mr Lukin. We can condemn it and we do of course also want an explanation of the gas that was used, of the circumstances in which action was taken and of how the forces of law and order acted. I believe that some additional clarity about this is required. We also note that there is a tougher stance on the part of the Russians with regard to Chechnya. Nonetheless, the European Parliament has taken the lead in this debate in recent months. We have said that we are in favour of negotiations and talks, because a military solution is not going to produce a result. I find that our Russian friends, President Putin not least, have now adopted an extremely rigid attitude and since 11 September have put the whole struggle in Chechnya in the context of the war on international terrorism. I believe this to be an aberration. Only holding talks, even with the people around Mr Maskhadov, will lead to a genuine solution. Thirdly, I should like to express my concern here about the general state of human rights in Chechnya. Amnesty International has recently published a report about the freedom of the press, about the lack of religious freedom and about the general human rights situation in Russia. I believe that this warrants some attention on our part. Finally, I would draw your attention to an environmental problem. At the beginning of October my delegation visited Murmansk. There we studied the nuclear inheritance of the Soviet Union. All the local people and all the local authorities there are asking for a multilateral nuclear environment programme. I should like to ask the Commission and the Council very clearly how things stand with the negotiations on this treaty? It is absolutely essential that there is one, otherwise no one can take responsibility for clearing up the nuclear inheritance of the Soviet Union properly. I should like to put this question to you Commissioner and to you Mr Haarder, for which my heartfelt thanks."@en1

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