Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-23-Speech-4-188"

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dcterms:Date	"2003-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Turkmenistan and Central Asia2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031023.8.4-188"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-23-Speech-4-1892
lpv:speaker	lp:Lamy2
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, the European Commission shares the concerns that have just been expressed by the Members as regards Turkmenistan’s lack of respect for its human rights and democratic obligations, be it the obviously unfair trials of political prisoners, the ill-treatment of these prisoners, which is common knowledge, or the serious attacks on religious freedom, for example, regarding which we have the same information as you. Our analysis is therefore the same: the situation is serious in relation to respect for human rights. In spite of this situation, however, it is important to maintain dialogue with Turkmenistan in order to avoid totally isolating the country, which in our opinion and in the current circumstances would probably be even worse from the point of view of respect for human rights, which we promote. As regards the other countries of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan – which you have just mentioned, at both EU level and Member State level, we continue to stress that the international commitments concerning human rights must be respected, and we do this within the framework of the partnership and cooperation agreements. With regard to the bilateral relations between the Union and these countries, we do the same, and we have done so publicly for all of these democracy problems in Central Asia by cooperating with other international bodies working with us on this issue, be it the United Nations, the OSCE or the Commission on Human Rights. Therefore, we fully and completely share the concerns that have just been expressed and are set out in the motion for a resolution."@en1

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