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dcterms:Date	"2003-05-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation for the EU-Russia summit2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20030514.8.3-157"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-05-14-Speech-3-1582
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-09-25--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, two bloody terrorist attacks in Chechnya and Saudi Arabia at the beginning of this week underline the necessity of an international campaign against international terrorism. It is precisely this political urgency that demands an effective approach. In that sense clear doubts are being raised about the Russian anti-terrorist operation in Chechnya. Not least by Russian politicians and Russian citizens themselves. On the main cause a recent academic analysis is clarity itself: ‘The main obstacle to a true normalisation and pacification of Chechnya is the atrocities committed by Russian forces and special units.’ Sadly, the Chechen terror gangs attract many young Chechens who are otherwise afraid that they will be picked up, abused, tortured and maybe even shot by Russian troops who are completely out of control. The draft resolution before us says nothing about this worrying situation in the Northern Caucasus. This House wishes, in view of the penultimate paragraph, to await the report on the visit of its delegation to Chechnya in mid-June. Hopefully the Council and Commission will raise the question of tackling the thoroughly deplorable Chechen terrorism – let there be no misunderstanding on that point – at the forthcoming summit with the Russian Federation. And not only because of wider geographical repercussions… That brings me to another important point concerning regional security and stability. Paragraph 4 of the draft resolution welcomes the active participation of both the EU and Russia in the Middle East peace process. However, that process is not served in any way by the military and nuclear ambitions of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The US is afraid that these Iranian ambitions are being given practical sustenance by the present nuclear cooperation between Russia and Iran. At the beginning of this month therefore there was an American request to Russia to reconsider this specific cooperation. Do Council and Commission share these concerns of our Atlantic ally and do they also intend to raise this question at the forthcoming Summit with the Kremlin? I sincerely hope that they will make a common trans-Atlantic front against Russia and Iran!"@en1

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