Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-02-Speech-2-218"

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lpv:spoken text	". The European Union is absolutely clear about the position. Sometimes there is some misinterpretation on the other side, or some attempt to bounce the debate on our side, but we have been absolutely clear and absolutely consistent in our contacts with our Russian colleagues. I would like to revert to the last point I made. It is very important that if we are to start serious discussions with the Russians on these matters – and there are some very difficult issues to resolve – they should understand our legitimate concern about the negotiation of the readmission agreement. It is not reasonable to have discussions on these important issues where the traffic is all in one direction. I would also add, when we are considering and preparing the agenda for summits, that we have been insistent that we should work through the structures of the partnership and cooperation agreement, and in this particular case that we work through the appropriate subcommittee. It is very important to use the mechanisms that we have established for discussing these sensitive issues. We should not try to bypass them, nor should we try to bounce ourselves into decisions which are of considerable concern to all the Member States, and to some Member States in particular."@en1
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